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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Amun-Ra The Ultimate: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova: [qb] [b]^^^The problem is you can't use the mere existance of African lineages in Southern Egypt and Sudan as proof of Ancient Egyptians affiliations. You can only use ancient DNA from Ancient Egyptian mummies to determine ethnic affiliations. [/b] you don't have to use DNA studies, Skeletal, cranial and archaeological data easily make the case. Why do you erroneously assume that DNA data is the only valid type of data? [/qb][/QUOTE]First this is not my quote. The part you cut off answer your question: The problem is you can't use the mere existance of African lineages in Southern Egypt and Sudan as proof of Ancient Egyptians affiliations. [b] Those African lineages could have made their way to modern Egypt after the Ancient Egyptian and Kushite empires[/b]. My reply was about avoiding using modern populations as proxy for ancient populations in DNA studies which (as you well know) is not a right thing to do due to demographic changes in the last 6000 years in modern Egypt. You perfectly know I made many threads about other aspects: [b]Common Origin of black Africans, Ancient Egyptians and Kushites people[/b] http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=009076 or recently here: [b]Place of Origin of Ancient Egypt:Western Desert (Nabta Playa,Cave of Swimmers/Beasts)[/b] http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=009284 As well as many other threads and posts. ============================================== But it is true that ancient DNA do provide the last word. Ancient DNA provides us with the greatest discriminative power to attest ethnic affiliations. Unrelated people can share the same skin color, facial features or limb proportion but they can't share the same DNA. DNA are passed down from parents to child. That's why DNA are used in paternity test, to identify suspects/victims in criminal investigations, or by DNA ancestry company. So yes, Ancient DNA taken from actual Ancient Egyptian mummies are the best way to identify the ethnic affiliations of Ancient Egyptians. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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