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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [b] Did the Mozabites come from a place outside of Africa? [/b] [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Originally highlighted by Tukuler: [URL=http://underscore] We show that the Mozabite have inherited roughly 78% ancestry from a European-related population and 22% ancestry from a population related to sub-Saharan Africans. Our analysis also shows that the Mozabite admixture has occurred over a period that began at least [b]100 generations ago [i](~2,800 years ago)[/i][/b], and that has continued into the present day.[/URL] [/QUOTE]My question was redundant because they showed that the Mozabites have inherited roughly 78% ancestry from a European-related population and 22% sub-Saharan ancestry. They could be wrong but they claimed to have showed this. I am tempted to email Price and ask if it is correct to assume that the article says Mozabites are primarily non-African just to prove the obvious [QUOTE]Originally posted by Tukuler: [QB] Let's recap what Price was up to. He used Mzabi as an ancient admixed population to test HAPMIX's ability to [i]"infer ancestry for even very small segments with exquisite accuracy"[/i] Your question is reasonable but, in the light of known N African genetics and history, hardly one that [b]should[/b] be asked. Is it a question or a round about way to state Mozabites aren't Africans without bothering any facts or documentaion at all from any qualified sources. [/QUOTE]You say the question is reasonable but then suggest it's not worth asking because of what we knew. What we know is constantly being revised and updtated by new technology. What we knew is sometimes proven wrong. This study says very clearly that the Mozabites were 78% European-related. That means not African, they use a pretty detailed state of the art methodology. I find it fairly convincing. I would only add that they have been living in North Africa long enough to take on some unique genetic characteristics, unique from other Africans as well as Europeans. Is it more afrocentric to suggest they are an indigenous to Africa population? If they have relatively lighter skin in that latitude it would also suggest that that other people, such as Northern ancient Egyptians at that latitude would have similar relativly light skin. I submit my position is more afrocentric, that these people were originally outsiders (-wait, continued in next post) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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