Brit-Am Anthropology, DNA Update, and Creation Science. 17 March 2025,17 Adar, 5785.
Contents:
1. Bushmen have the more genetic Variation due to heat!
2. DNA Transposon Articles.
3. Giant Dragonflies? Evidence of Environmental Change?
4. Latinos in USA.
5. New Zealand. Much Scottish, some Maori everywhere.
6. Ancient DNA from Austrian graves shows East Asian ancestry
7. Irish Vikings were of Norwegian origin, not Danish, major new DNA study reveals.
8. Ancient Philistines Were Likely of Greek Origin, DNA Study Shows.
9. Sperm cells carry traces of childhood stress, epigenetic study finds.
10. Has Irish DNA Changed Recently?
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1. Bushmen have the more genetic Variation!
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Despite having a population of far less than 1% of the world's total population, the Bushmen have the largest genetic variation of anyone in the world, and the most linguistic variation of any group of people in the world. Two Bushmen who speak different languages are less closely related than Europeans and Australian aboriginals. If you killed everyone on the planet except the Bushmen, you would still have over 99% of human genetic variation preserved.
The only way a population could have that much genetic variation is that they have been breeding with each other for a very, very long time. For example, we know that every person of European ancestry had a common set of ancestors that lived about 40,000 years ago. For the Bushmen, it\s closer to 200,000 years ago. There,s more genetic variation among the Bushmen than the rest of Africans COMBINED, and Africans still have far more genetic variation than any other continent - far more than Europeans.
Now, more languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea than by the Bushmen, but there are also about 100 times more Papuans than Bushmen, and we know that Papuans arrived in that region about 11,000 years ago, and that the geography of the area isolates populations and this led to language variation. The geography of where the Bushmen live is pretty much flat but they've still developed more languages than Europe has with a fraction of the population.
And you can trace your genetic ancestry back to pretty much any Bushman. You're clearly cousins, although distant ones.
Brit-Am Comment.
Is this not counter-intuitive? It would seem to prove that genetic distance is not due to distance (genetic or otherwise) at all but rather other factors.
GENETIC VARIATION IS CONNECTED TO HEAT. THE HOTTER IT IS THE MORE GENETIC VARIATION!!!
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2. DNA Transposon Articles.
From Willem :
Article on DNA Transposon:
Shalom Yair,
Below the links to the websites. If you want to find more you can Google it. There is much more concerning various types of research and websites on this subject, but it's quite technical.
https://www.britannica.com/science/transposon
https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/transposons-the-jumping-genes-518/
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Biology_(Kimball)/10%3A_Mutation/10.04%3A_Transposons_-_jumping_genes
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3. Giant Dragonflies? Evidence of Environmental Change?
https://creationmuseum.org/blog/2025/03/13/giant-dragonflies/?utm_term
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Since no seagull-sized dragonflies fly the skies today, people wonder how they grew so large and why they all died out. Many evolutionists and some early creationists believe that giant growth was once fueled by 'hyperoxia' (excessive oxygen) in the atmosphere's past.
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Normal variations of some created kinds of insects may have simply included gigantic varieties. Perhaps the climate changes in the post-flood world were too stressful for many animal varieties that tended to grow large before they laid eggs. With more extreme winters (coming sooner) and shorter growing seasons, insects would have less time to mature and reproduce, giving smaller types an advantage, while their larger counterparts would have been eliminated through the process some call 'natural selection.'
The actual cause for the disappearance of these giant insects may be a combination of these ideas or it may be something we have not yet considered.
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4. Latinos in USA.
Latinos in the USA have ca. 60% European (mainly Spanish) ancestry with the rest from Native South Americans and some from Africa.
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5.New Zealand, 20% Scottish, many partly Maori.
ca. 20 % from Scotland especially in the South Island.
Nearly all veteran New Zealanders have some Maori ancestry.
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6. Ancient DNA from Austrian graves shows East Asian ancestry
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-839049
Genetic differences between Moedling and Leobersdorf not explained by social status or site function.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
JANUARY 25, 2025 21:45
Extracts:
Avar period ceramics.
The Max Planck Society of Evolutionary Anthropology announced the analysis of genome-wide DNA from skeletal samples of 722 individuals from the Vienna Basin... as reported by
Archaeology Magazine. The research sheds new light on the genetic makeup and cultural integration of communities during the Avar period in East Central Europe.
The Avars, who migrated from the East Asian steppes to Central Europe in the sixth century CE, established themselves among local populations.
Two centuries later, the inhabitants of Moedling and Leobersdorf, neighboring sites south of Vienna, shared culture and customs but few genes,
revealing a genetic divergence between the two communities.
... Individuals buried at Leobersdorf were predominantly of East Asian origin, carrying a median of 71.5% East Asian ancestry.
In contrast, those buried in Moedling had ancestry linked to European populations, with predating Eastern Mediterranean ancestry
mixed with southeastern and later northeastern European ancestries, as reported by Scienze Notizie.
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7. Irish Vikings were of Norwegian origin, not Danish, major new DNA study reveals
https://mythicalireland.com/blogs/news/irish-vikings-were-of-norwegian-origin-not-danish-major-new-dna-study-reveals
September 16, 2020
The Vikings changed the course of Irish history and left a lasting legacy on the island's gene pool. We know them as blond-haired invaders, pirates and warriors, who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to raid and eventually settle on the island. Now, cutting-edge DNA analysis on archaeological remains has shed new light on the identity of Irish Vikings.
The milestone international study has revealed:
Irish Vikings derive much of their genetic ancestry from Norway.
English Vikings show sharp ancestral differences with their Irish counterparts, with much stronger Danish influences.
Many Vikings had brown hair, not blonde, including the famous Eyrephort warrior from Co. Galway.
Viking identity in Britain and Ireland was not limited to those of Scandinavian ancestry.
An individual buried in the Viking tradition from Ship Street Great in Dublin is mostly of local origin.
'It has long been suspected that many of these invaders came from Norway. It is fantastic to be able to confirm this now with genetic data,' said Dr Lara Cassidy, Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin and a co-author on the paper. 'In general, Irish Viking genomes harbour high levels of Norwegian-like ancestry. This is a real contrast to what we see in England during the same period, where there is stronger Danish influence.'
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8. Ancient Philistines Were Likely of Greek Origin, DNA Study Shows
https://greekreporter.com/2025/01/20/ancient-philistines-greek-origin-dna/
By
Philip Chrysopoulos
January 20, 2025
Philistines Greek
Philistines were very likely of Greek origin, according to a recent DNA study that traces the origins of the ancient villains in the Eastern Mediterranean.
This is actually the first study of DNA recovered from an ancient Philistine cemetery, as scientists wanted to find the roots of the infamous people of the Hebrew Bible, according to a report in National Geographic.
In the Old Testament, Philistines are presented as being of a different race from the Hebrews, coming from the \Land of Caphtor, today's Crete.
Likely originating out of Crete, the Philistines later took control of the shoreline of today's southern Israel and the Gaza Strip beginning in the 12th century BC.
A cemetery gives clues to Philistines' origins
In 2016, scientists discovered an ancient cemetery near Ashkelon, Israel, containing approximately 150 dead bodies inside oval graves.
Grecian Delight supports Greece
A groundbreaking 2019 genetic study showed that the genes of the buried belong to a European gene pool unlike the Semitic Levantine gene pool of later inhabitants of the area.
According to scientists, there was a European-related gene flow that took place during the transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age, which supports the theory that Europeans migrated to the Middle East.
The periods of these burials include the Middle and Late Bronze Age (about 1650 to 1200 BC), thus pre-dating the arrival of the Philistines, while infant burials have been determined to have been from the late 1100 BC following the arrival of the Philistines. Finally, there are also individuals that were buried in the Philistine cemetery in the later Iron Age (hence from the 10th and 9th centuries BC).
The early Iron Age DNA samples include proportionally more 'additional European ancestry' in their genetic signature at roughly 14 percent than in the pre-Philistine Bronze Age samples, which were 2 to 9 percent.
While the origins of the European genes are inconclusive, experts have determined that they were most likely from Greece, Crete, Sardinia, or the Iberian peninsula.
Many researchers also tie the presence of the Philistines to the exploits of the Sea Peoples, tribes that raided the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Late Bronze Age in the 13th century and early 12th century BC.
This supports the theory that the Philistines, who were possibly Greek, embarked on their journey from Europe as migrants and then settled down in Ashkelon in the 12th century BC.
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9. Sperm cells carry traces of childhood stress, epigenetic study finds
https://www.livescience.com/health/fertility-pregnancy-birth/sperm-cells-carry-traces-of-childhood-stress-epigenetic-study-finds?utm_term
From Live Science on 2025-01-28 14:04
By Marianne Guenot
Fathers exposed to high stress in childhood had different epigenetic markers that may affect their offspring, though more research is needed.
Epigenetics involves how DNA 'the blueprint used to build the proteins and molecules that make up our bodies ' is read. Epigenetics doesn't change DNA's underlying code but rather alters which genes can be switched on. Research suggests that people's life experiences and environments can leave these "epigenetic changes" on DNA, which can then modify gene activity.
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10. Has Irish DNA Changed Recently?
10 Stunning Facts about Irish DNA that are Pure Gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZKKrwEf8T8
Watched: Why The Irish DNA has High Rh Negative
Watched: Irish Clan Names and their Associated Territories
Early Irish Culture based on family names shows a Nobility at the top and professional people just below them.
These had the most children and the highest chances of survival.
About 80% of Irish emigrated (to USA, Britain, Australia, etc) especially during the Great Famine 1845 to 1852.
Those who remained in Ireland had a higher incidence of primitive ancient ancestry from Stone Age period, also more genetic exceptions.
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