Originally posted by Sir Whirlysplat
🙂 Oh I see 🙂 That's the ironic thing about irony - it's often ironic.
Actually, if irony were to truly be ironic, it would lack irony. Wouldn't that be ironic?
I look to VVD for enlightenment on the subject as he is our resident master of comprehension and the english linguistic arts.
The evidence is that they probably were Black, given the climate of the centre of diversity 100,000 years ago! Although the evidence is mixed.
By analyzing the relationship between the geographic location of current human populations in relation to East Africa and the genetic variability within these populations, researchers have found new evidence for an African origin of modern humans.
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The origin of modern humans is a topic that is hotly debated. A leading theory, known as "Recent African Origin" (RAO), postulates that the ancestors of all modern humans originated in East Africa, and that around 100,000 years ago some modern humans left the African continent and subsequently colonized the entire world, supplanting previously established hominids such as Neanderthals in Europe and Homo erectus in Asia.
In the new work reported this week, researchers Franck Prugnolle, Andrea Manica, and François Balloux of the University of Cambridge show that geographic distance from East Africa along ancient colonization routes is an excellent predictor for the genetic diversity of present human populations, with those farther from Ethiopia being characterized by lower genetic variability. This result implies that information regarding the geographic coordinates of present populations alone is sufficient for predicting their genetic diversity. This finding adds compelling evidence for the RAO model. Such a relationship between location and genetic diversity is indeed only compatible with an African origin of modern humans and subsequent spread throughout the world, accompanied by a progressive loss of neutral genetic diversity as new areas were colonized. The loss of genetic diversity along colonization routes is smooth, with no obvious genetic discontinuity, thus suggesting that humans cannot be accurately classified in discrete ethnic groups or races on a genetic basis.
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Franck Prugnolle, Andrea Manica and François Balloux: "Geography predicts neutral genetic diversity of human populations"
The other members of the research team include Franck Prugnolle, Andrea Manica, and François Balloux from the University of Cambridge. The research was supported by the BBSRC and a Lavoisier Fellowship from the Ministère Français des Affaires Etrangères (F.P.).
Publishing in Current Biology, Volume 15, Number 5, March 8, 2005, pages R159-R160.
Originally posted by KharmaDog
Actually, if irony were to truly be ironic, it would lack irony. Wouldn't that be ironic?I look to VVD for enlightenment on the subject as he is our resident master of comprehension and the english linguistic arts.
Haha.
Reminds me of that Marge Simpson thing- 'I don't care whether I'm cool or not...that makes me cool, right?'
Originally posted by Sir Whirlysplat
😕 sorry I don't really understand your insult, you're on here as well 🙂
Yeah, I am on here but im not makeing stupid little insults such as "Yeah (so and so) lowers the IQ of the forum by osmosis, har har har". like a 5 year old..so like I said I swear some of you have no lives. Pretty sad.
Originally posted by KidRock
Yeah, I am on here but im not makeing stupid little insults such as "Yeah (so and so) lowers the IQ of the forum by osmosis, har har har". like a 5 year old..so like I said I swear some of you have no lives. Pretty sad.
I'd be chuffed if a 5 year old knew the word Osmosis and was able to use it in an insult - I still miss your point 🙂
Originally posted by KidRock
Yeah, I am on here but im not makeing stupid little insults such as "Yeah (so and so) lowers the IQ of the forum by osmosis, har har har". like a 5 year old..so like I said I swear some of you have no lives. Pretty sad.
No, instead you just make contrary posts in order to get attention.
You truly live like an elderly king.