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Doug Welle

Thu, Jul-18-02, 01:04

I've seen a claim that according to Sykes the first 'European
matriarch' was in Europe 50000 years ago and that at that time
only Neanderthal was in Europe.

Doesn't make sense to me, can someone clarify it?

Thanks.

Doug
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Firstjois

Thu, Jul-18-02, 01:04

"Doug Weller" <dweller@ramtops.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.1740ec0d700e953298b6b0@news.blueyonder.co.uk...
: I've seen a claim that according to Sykes the first
: 'European matriarch' was in Europe 50000 years ago and that
: at that time only Neanderthal was in Europe.
:
: Doesn't make sense to me, can someone clarify it?
:
: Thanks.
:
: Doug
: --

That claim doesn't seem quite right. It isn't that the "first
'European matriarch'" was walking around in Europe 50,000
years ago but that the female or females were alive
8,000-45,000 years ago.

"Every European, according to the study, can trace his or her
evolutionary history back to the seven ancestral mother
groups, also referred to as the Seven Daughters of Eve."

See:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/daughters0-
00420.html

Jois

Firstjois

Thu, Jul-18-02, 01:04