tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post532917203000196175..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: The origin of SorbsDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-66864407698900270202011-05-14T14:45:38.403+03:002011-05-14T14:45:38.403+03:00I commented on this before, but that got wiped out...I commented on this before, but that got wiped out by the latest Google crash.<br /><br />My main thrust was that the results are as expected. I detest the use of populations from far-away regions to shed light on a clearly local phenomenon. Yes, I understand some of the effort was to quantify the degree of isolation (which is certainly not expected to be that huge over just ~1,000 years), but come on - for the PCA analysis, it is much more informative to use data from the nearest 500 - 1000 km, or so. We don't have to include all of Europe (or neighboring Asia)...<br /><br />More diversified and cleanly located data <i>within</i> Germany and adjacent Slavic countries is needed to identify when these populations mixed, and when they were separated. From y-DNA, there are already glimpses that at the onset of agriculture (or even before), certain R1a populations were wide-spread - but those of Slavic Expansion are entirely different (and may not make up more than 10% to 20% in much of the northwestern portion of eastern Europe).eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-37208893260745911872011-05-14T07:02:58.152+03:002011-05-14T07:02:58.152+03:00Good job.Good job.Nirjhar999https://www.blogger.com/profile/00311196384969263463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-27511444054958608552011-05-12T22:35:42.969+03:002011-05-12T22:35:42.969+03:00eurologist: "...and a wide set of Slavic coun...eurologist: "...and a wide set of Slavic countries, perhaps including Balto-Slavs.\"<br /> <br />You sound as if there were Slavic countries AND Balto-Slavs. That leaves me wondering who might be those mysterious "Balto-Slavs"...<br /><br />arvydasarvydashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942905803967265638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-75253138147650830872011-05-12T18:06:13.611+03:002011-05-12T18:06:13.611+03:00Eurologist,
I would add Poland and Ukraine to you...Eurologist,<br /><br />I would add Poland and Ukraine to your list, as that's where the Sorbs originated...pconroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312469574812832771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-1354618255075370462011-05-12T10:55:47.872+03:002011-05-12T10:55:47.872+03:00Pretty much as expected.
However, I always find t...Pretty much as expected.<br /><br />However, I always find the use of faraway countries in PCA analyses strange, useless, and detrimental to the best possible research outcome. I would have restricted samples used to Scandinavia, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and a wide set of Slavic countries, perhaps including Balto-Slavs.eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.com