tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post384757477395936722..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: E-M81 in MoroccoDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-57902456330348238412014-11-26T03:18:54.377+02:002014-11-26T03:18:54.377+02:00Further evidence the Proto-Afro-Asiatic urheimat i...Further evidence the Proto-Afro-Asiatic urheimat is to be found in the highlands of Northeast Africa.<br /><br />The interesting question is the large disparity of maternal lineages among Oasis Berbers and Moroccans in general.<br /><br />Either Northwest Africa was invaded by warrior women from the Near East or some male lineages of Northwest Africa are severely diminished.<br /><br />bellbeakerbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848982163843593127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-60932682616084428052014-11-26T01:06:47.982+02:002014-11-26T01:06:47.982+02:00"The frequency ranged from 79.1% to 98.5% in ..."The frequency ranged from 79.1% to 98.5% in all localities sampled."<br /><br />This is the already well known big picture story. Berber's are quite homogeneous in Y-DNA up to a quite fine level of detail, have only three minor internal splits of its own that aren't terribly geographically distinct, and are distinct from other Afro-Asiatic populations in Y-DNA. This suggests a distinct origin for them in a single founding event. <br /><br />Does the paper date the splits (and thus suggest the date of the Berber ethnic population)?andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.com