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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rasol: [QB] Of course you can use genetics to determine who was related to whom in ancient times. That is the whole basis of the concept of most recent common ancestor in dna typing. DNA is probably the best, and most accurate way of researching this.... just as DNA is the most accurate way of resolving paternity. And no.... in principal there is no difference between using DNA to denote paternity and using it to denote ancient ancestral relationships. Many people understandably beleive there is such a distinction based on intuitive reasoning, but intuition is sometimes faulty. Your blood carries information from the past just as much as a bone or historical artifact does. And if your blood doesn't *literally* travel back in time, then neither does any skeletal remain or historical written document, which can only be literally assessed in the here and now. Intuitively the world remained flat for many peoples....even 1000's of years after they grasped the basic principals of trigonometry that could be easily used to determine not only the oval shape but also the overall size of the Earth. Yes genes can prove biological relationships of peoples, which by definition is carried in their genes. It is actually and open question whether *any other method* can. Historical reference can be misinterpreted or flat out wrong. Skeletal remains allow inferences, but can be misleading because of the great native variability of skeletype within all human populations. People *suspect* genetics because they don't understand, and actually it's *right* to question what you don't understand. But only if you follow thru by attempting to learn. :) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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