Little known facts

[Kulindahr]

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

There is more Americium in your home smoke detector than in the entire Andromeda galaxy.

Thank God! At least we can still smoke outside.

 

[Kulindahr]

Ian Fleming re-wrote the James Bond character to match Sean Connery's movie portrayal, giving Bond a Scottish background and making him more suave.

 

[Kulindahr]

The top ten most inbred countries are all Islamic.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

The top ten most inbred countries are all Islamic.

It's about keeping money/power in the family. It was with the European monarchies as it was with the Achaemenids.

 

[Alistair]

 

[Kahaih]

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Nope.

1,000 DNA samples could not "confirm" that.

 

[Alistair]

Nope.

1,000 DNA samples could not "confirm" that.

https://www.science.org/content/article/modern-blackfoot-people-descend-ancient-ice-age-lineage

Next, researchers estimated when this lineage split from the major known lineage that leads to all other present-day Indigenous people who have been studied genetically across North and South America. They found that this split occurred roughly 18,000 years ago. That newly detected lineage “was very surprising,” says study co-author Ripan Malhi, a geneticist at UIUC. The Blackfoot genomes “didn’t seem to statistically fall within the same lineages that you had previously seen in the Americas.”

 

[Pantheo]

All the worlds gold (ever successfully mined) would fit in a 72’ cube.

 

[Araucaria]

https://www.science.org/content/article/modern-blackfoot-people-descend-ancient-ice-age-lineage

Next, researchers estimated when this lineage split from the major known lineage that leads to all other present-day Indigenous people who have been studied genetically across North and South America. They found that this split occurred roughly 18,000 years ago. That newly detected lineage “was very surprising,” says study co-author Ripan Malhi, a geneticist at UIUC. The Blackfoot genomes “didn’t seem to statistically fall within the same lineages that you had previously seen in the Americas.”

This research is fascinating. Scientists can make estimates like this because they know the general rate at which mutations in DNA occurs. They can look at how DNA samples match up, and also, by looking at the number of mutations, get an approximate date as to when different groups split off from their common ancestors.

The weak point in the meme above is the statement that "their ancestors lived in Montana for 18,000 years." The DNA evidence can tell WHEN the ancestors of the Blackfeet separated from the larger ancestral group of people living in the Americas, but it doesn't tell you WHERE these ancestors lived. I would think to establish that, you would have to find the remains of people in Montana-- a very rare occurrence in itself-- that from carbon dating can be shown to be about 18,000 years old. Then, they would have to have recoverable DNA-- extremely rare-- and compare it to the contemporary DNA samples they already have.

 

[Natello4]

You can buy cabbage swim trunks and send them to Vannie as a gift for Christmas!