Published February 22nd 2008
The in depth studies can be found at the article’s source, here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331949,00.html
“White Americans are both genetically weaker and less diverse than their black compatriots, a Cornell University-led study finds.
Analyzing the genetic makeup of 20 Americans of European ancestry and 15 African-Americans, researchers found that the former showed much less variation among 10,000 tested genes than did the latter, which was expected.
They also found that Europeans had many more possibly harmful mutations than did African, which was a surprise.
“Since we tend to think of European populations as quite large, we did not expect to see a significant difference in the distribution of neutral and deleterious variation between the two populations,” said senior co-author Carlos Bustamante, an assistant professor of biological statistics and computational biology at Cornell.
It’s been known for years that all non-Africans are descended from a small group, perhaps only a few dozen individuals, who left the continent between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago.
But the Cornell study, published in the journal Nature Thursday, indicates that Europeans went through a second “population bottleneck,” probably about 30,000 years ago, when the ancestral population was again reduced to relatively few in number.
The doubly diluted genetic diversity has allowed “bad” mutations to build up in the European population, something that the more genetically varied African population has had more success in weeding out.
“What we may be seeing is a ‘population genetic echo’ of the founding of Europe,” said Bustamante.
The Cornell team hopes to study other population groups in search of similar results.
For example, Native Americans show even less genetic diversity than Europeans, having descended from a few thousand people who entered North America about 10,000 years ago.
That fact was reinforced by a larger-scale study, also published in Nature, led by scientists from the Universities of Michigan and Virginia who analyzed genetic samples of 485 individuals scattered around the globe whose DNA is recorded in a French databank.
As would be expected with the “out of Africa” theory, the researchers found Africans had the greatest amount of genetic diversity, followed in turn by Middle Easterners, then Europeans and South Asians at about equal levels, then East Asians.
Native Americans had the least genetic diversity of all, indicating that part of the world was settled last.
“Previously, we’ve been able to look at the genome and say, ‘This part is from Africa, this is from Asia,'” explained Virginia research Andrew Singleton to Wired News. “Now we can look past that and say, ‘It’s from this part of Africa or Eurasia.'”
A third study, published in the journal Science on Friday, may be the most fascinating of all.
Drawing on 935 individual samples from the French databank, a Stanford University team found deep traces of long-ago population movements, all originating from a “ground zero” in Ethiopia, Kenya or Tanzania.
For example, the Pygmies of the Congo forest were found to be quite close to the Bushmen of Namibia — but both were very different from most other sub-Saharan groups.
The fierce and proud Bedouin nomads of the Middle East actually have a lot of European and South Asian blood.
The Asian-looking Hazara of Afghanistan are correct in claiming ancestry in Mongolia, but the Han, the dominant ethnic group in China, may be disappointed to discover they’re actually two peoples, one north, the other south.
Native Americans have at least one closely related group in Asia — the Yakuts of eastern Siberia, who themselves are related to other hunter-gatherer Siberian tribes, some of whom build wooden teepees.
The Basques in northeastern Spain and southwestern France may be right to demand their own nation — they’re not closely related to anyone else. Surprisingly, neither are the residents of Sardinia off the coast of Italy.
As with the other large-scale study, the Stanford team found the greatest diversity outside of Africa among people living in the wide crescent of land stretching from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean to northern India.
Not only was the region among the first colonized by the African migrants, they theorize, but the large number of European and East Asian genes among the population indicates that it’s long been the human highway, with large numbers of migrants from both directions conquering, trading and generally reproducing along its entire length.”
See
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7181/full/nature06611.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331949,00.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022102739_2.html
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb08/BustamanteAA.kr.html
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/02/studies-put-pop.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_8332961?nclick_check=1
damn everybody is so f@#king stupid its truly not about the black man or the white man its about the NEW man. and our greatest and most recent example of this man is his imperial majesty HAILE SELASSIE THE FIRST….Reason being: he is the human repersentation of GOD on earth. He is the true lord and king of this world. He is the man thats sits on GODS throne in complete righteousness. and as a born rasta I am upset with the foolish arguements of my fellows rasta. You make our culture and the name of our great king a mockery for the simple fact that you argue of race issues instead of discussing the development of this world and universe not a particular continent…I personally have alot of issues with and about white people and western culture. I burn with passion and thoughts of revenge for the many atrocities perpetuated against my race. However I believe in God and Gods thoughts are not like mans thoughts. So instead of taking on my thoughts, feelings, and ideas I choose to trust in Gods principles and ideals. JAH RASTAFARI!!!! Anyone who claims to be a child of God must truly know that God loves all under the sun and soon he will allow his true followers to shine brighter than the sun. So please little children stop the silly bickering of race. To be the best you must make someone better, to be the strongest give your strenght to the weak, if you want Gods help who you cant see help someone you can see.I am a jealous guardian of my God and king and I despise when foolish rasta’s mis-repersent the king of king’s and defile his good name among the masses. God is love and love is about building relationships with other peoples of this world and destroying the hate and ignorance that stagnates the ability for human beings to merge as one, and if we as people cant or choose not to do this the love of God is not in them. when HAILE SELASSIE began developing ethiopia he reached out to all nations to assist him much like when God commissioned the ministering angels to assist him in creating man…”COME LET US MAKE MAN” this was the greatest example and lesson that God gave to man… when taking on great endeavors always allow others to be part of it. So when one race is advacing the others should be present because if one grows we should all grow. Truthfully there is only one race the HUMAN RACE. wake up peoples. I have one last message to all rastafarians: stop spreading your false truths and ideas. I feel like i am the only rasta in the world that really knows the truth i feel that most of you are stupid and make selassie look stupid you must all bow down to my knowledge and if any of you have any issues with what im saying just let me know and i will give you some truth…..nwhyte2010@hotmail.com…..get in touch if you dare want to understand haile selassie…. I am the battered voice in the wildernss of north america
It’s sad how people think things are true because one study done by people who were mentally incapable of conducting a logical study have deemed something as “fact” when it’s just an opinion. Too much poor info floating around on the internet nowadays. How is the White man ever going to want to treat us as equals if we keep talking trash about him with pseudo-“scientific” studies? I’m mixed and have the genetics of multiple races and I’m offended because all people with a low IQ are going to read this “study” and adhere to it as fact. One of the worst things to happen to the world was the trend of believing every lackluster study that was conducted with inferior methods to degrade any race of people to benefit another race. Keep your ego in check and realize that your race is not superior to another. That goes for all of you.
A word to African-American males: “Give a Neandertal a brain and he’ll swear he’s the center of the universe” Stop betraying our legacy! All African men have done, since they crossed the Mediterranean, is bequeath pubic lice (of the Gorilla type) and Cancer to their progeny and eventually to fellow Africans. Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cancer, Hypertension, Diabetes, etc, prevalent in African-Americans but not in Continental Africans. Some of it is the result of rape during your ancestors enslavement, but much is perpetuated by African men breeding with European women. You want to end oppression leave them alone to breed themselves out of existence. All men are not created equal; Africans were created from the Sun to live beneath the Sun, worshipping the White is an insult to your God, is it any wonder you continue to find yourself in purgatory.
“Take your time and peruse the articles…keep an open mind.”
You want us to keep an open mind when every time someone counters your opinions you come back with “pink sallow arse”… ?
Not all white people have red undertones.. you’re one of those who think we all have blonde hair/blue eyes, too, right?
Black plight is the only plight you care about.
Although I agree wholeheartedly with you Jahdey, I am saddened a bit. You have given “Lord Henry Smith the Superior”, a channel for open debate. It is obvious that he lacks the knowledge and overstanding that is required to have a discussion on the right knowledge so I would not have dignified any of his ramblings with a response. But then again now we know where his mind and “intelligence level” is at and this provides a certain leverage for our cause. I must say that you have provided me with much needed information and have also helped me further my quest on discovering and validating the real truths of our history. And I thank you as well “Lord Henry Smith the Superior”.
The ignorance of these comments burns!
21st century people; enough with racism.
Just to declare some perplexed & misplaced transparency the origin of the “HUE” man or the “Black” man and wom(b)an or “Mu’urs” is that of “Dark Energy” which is the most dominant “Sub atomic” substance in the MULTIverse not “UNI” (meaning one) “verse” (meaning dimension or realm) which is “Melanin” which is a condensed form of sub atomic matter which results in matter….!!!!! Caucasoids and their self manifestations such as the concept “PSUEDO” which means “FALSE”….Only those who are “FALSE” in creation and existence can concoct and manifest pure “FALSEHOOD” and that cosmic axiom you cannot ESCAPE eqiuvalent to LIGHT energy trying to ESCAPE a supermassive DARK or BLACK hole….!!!!! Your nature is Savagery, Deception, Distortion, Evil, Contamination, Disease, Poisonous, Treacherous, Theft, Misinterpretation, Reconfiguration, Reverse Engineering, Imitation, Emulation, Replication, Envy & Destruction amongst many….!!!!! The reign of this Satanic, Zionist, MONARCH PROGRAMMING influence will be cleansed from Mother earth and return back to its pure origin….!!! Of all which has been mentioned is pure multiversal, metaphysical, scientific and historical FACT and not OPINION….!!!!! Do some extensive and exhaustive RESEARCH on the MEL(ANIN) Molecule and ONLY then can you commense to assimilate, process & comprehend the genetical, metaphysical and biophysical superiority of the ethereal black man and wom(b)an & true origin of THYSELF….!!!!! Peace be unto you….!!!!!