" except those that live at the very edge of the Bering Strait.."
That hardly debunks the land bridge theory, Cliffy.
Probably not but it has been debunked by archaeology over the last 10 years. The uniqueness of the DNA shows that there was not that much interbreeding with people from other areas that may have come here. There was no great influx over the land bridge. If anything, some came via the coast when waters were 400 feet lower than they are now. Would be interesting to see how much of their DNA made into Asia. The sturgeon nose canoe that is unique to the Arrow Lakes and Slocan Valley can only be found in one other place on the planet - southern Siberia.
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Must be old school.There is another school of thought of that still supports the theory, Cliffy.
Inbreeding is usually an indicator of some extreme survivor event, like getting cut off from other humans by glaciation (It happened in Europe, too hence the predominance of recessive genetic traits ... pale skin, blue eyes, blonde hair ...)
I happens to our species, periodically ... little groups cut off for hundreds, thousands of years.
Explain the English. Where were they cut off from?
Explain the English. Where were they cut off from?
Probably not but it has been debunked by archaeology over the last 10 years. The uniqueness of the DNA shows that there was not that much interbreeding with people from other areas that may have come here. There was no great influx over the land bridge. If anything, some came via the coast when waters were 400 feet lower than they are now. Would be interesting to see how much of their DNA made into Asia. The sturgeon nose canoe that is unique to the Arrow Lakes and Slocan Valley can only be found in one other place on the planet - southern Siberia.
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Siberia....where they came from.