tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post3750514237222258248..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Cruciani et al. on Y haplogroups E-M78 and J-M12Dienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-22728497933100449372008-11-13T13:26:00.000+02:002008-11-13T13:26:00.000+02:00I suggested that the M78 in North Africa and east ...I suggested that the M78 in North Africa and east Africa should be defined as 'Afro-Asiatic' now, instead of 'sub Saharan' as it seems to be very tightly paired with M1 and various U's, and isn't from sub saharan Africa.It took one hour before an irate Afrocentrist took offence at suggesting the M78 Y chromosome was tainted with Eurasian ancestry.<BR/><BR/>How would YOU now describe m78 in a Y chromsome study that comments on admixture? If you had too.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing it's mixed Asiatic and African, and it follows the movement of Afro-Asiatic languages pretty tightly, and seems to drag M1 around it (I'd also regard the M1 in East Africa as AA too). This really wouldn't make much difference to Ethiopian admixture, but could mean Somalis are over a third Eurasian if the M78 there is linked to a mix of both ancestries.<BR/><BR/>It might explain why Somalis are closer than Ethiopians to Badarian crania. They've got a much higher percentage of the migration from that area left unaffected by later migrations from the Arabian peninsula and the Bantu expansion.mathildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682429587184048584noreply@blogger.com