The problem of Cthulhu

matthew at calmeilles.co.uk · 21 Jun 2007, 07:11 · from 2007-June.txt.gz

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From: matthew at calmeilles.co.uk (matthew at calmeilles.co.uk)
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:11:19 +0100
Subject: (urth) The problem of Cthulhu
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Batrinque at aol.com wrote:
>  
> To date, no DNA evidence exists of any genetic contribution to presentday  
> humans.   
> Bruce  Trinque
> Amston, CT

http://genetics.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.0020105.eor

"Using sequence data from the Environmental Genome Project, we find strong evidence for ancient admixture in both a European and a West African population (p ~ 10^{-7}), with contributions to the modern gene pool of at least 5%. While Neanderthals form an obvious archaic source population candidate in Europe, there is not yet a clear source population candidate in West Africa."

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