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Jon Inactive Member |
I've just finished my report on diversity and how it relates to 'Out of Africa' vs. Multiregionalism. It's a PDF, ~12 pages, single spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman.
[link removed] Abstract:
quote: I do not want to discuss whether the report 'sucks' or not, but instead the issues that it brings up. We can perhaps start with the genetic aspects, and then move on from there. Regards,Jon Edited by Jon, : Formatting. Edited by Jon, : Added purpose. Edited by Jon, : Formatting II. Edited by Jon, : (link removed) Edited by Jon, : (quotes fixed)
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Nuggin Member (Idle past 2493 days) Posts: 2965 From: Los Angeles, CA USA Joined: |
Haven't read the paper yet, this just got posted, but its a topic I've been thinking about recently.
Do you think/have you considered the roll of the Toba volcano and the subsequent genetic bottleneck in the lack of diversity? Could we be looking out a scenario where we see Out of Africa movement spreading out across the land, followed by this disaster resulting in just a few isolated groups. From these multiregional survivors spring forth our limited, albeit present, diversity - ie the "races". Just musing without any research. Thought I'd throw it out there.
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Doddy Member (Idle past 5910 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
Ginger Gene The ginger gene is found in modern European peoples and is responsible for the red hair-freckles combination. This gene was present in H. neanderthalensis in Europe roughly 100 thousand years ago.8 For the ”Out of Africa’ theory to be correct, the gene would have to have originated in both H. neanderthalensis and H. sapiens separately as the latter spread to Europe and replaced the former. It is unlikely that the trait evolved independently twice, and the more likely scenario is as concluded by Dr. Rosalind Harding: that H. sapiens and H. neanderthalensis could breed with each other, and the ginger gene was passed from H. neanderthalensis on to H. sapiens through breeding. This "ginger gene"...that would be the melanocortin-1 receptor gene, right? If so, then you do know that it occurs in all sorts of mammals, right? The same gene is dominant in primates such as orang-utans, macaques, lion tamarins and red ruffed lemurs. In fact, it's that gene that causes ginger tabbies and red foxes to have their fur colour. Therefore, I don't find this piece of genetic evidence compelling, as it is likely that there is a more simple explanation for the occurrence of this gene than interbreeding. References:N.I. Mundy, J. Kelly. (2003) "Evolution of a pigmentation gene, the melanocortin-1 receptor, in primates" American Journal of Physical Anthropology 121 (1) p67-80 Contributors needed for the following articles: Pleiotropy-Metabolism-Promoter-Invertebrate-Meiosis-DNA-Transcription-Chromosome-Tetrapod-Fossil-Phenotype-Messenger RNA-Mammals-Appendix -Variation-Selection-Gene-Gametogenesis-Homo erectus and others. Registration not needed, but if desired, register here!
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Jon Inactive Member |
Doddy,
Thank you for your reply. As a noted limitation of my paper, I based much of it off the research of others.
quote: quote: However, that research all seems to support the idea that the gene as found in modern H. sapiens came from Neanderthal-sapiens breeding. Regards,Jon _________________Kendall, Paul. ””The ginger gene Why Evans may owe his red hair and pale skin to Neanderthal man.’’ 1st ed. Daily Mail London (UK), April 17, 2001. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=71440247&sid=1&Fmt=3&c... Are Neanderthals Connected With Humans? | Physics Forums (3rd post shows source) Edited by Jon, : No reason given.
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kuresu Member (Idle past 2514 days) Posts: 2544 From: boulder, colorado Joined: |
haven't read the paper yet, but quick question:
as to the ginger gene research you did. did you look what the other side had to say? i sure hope you did. otherwise you're only looking for answers that prove your hypothesis.
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Jon Inactive Member |
Nuggin,
I brought up the Wiki article on what you are refering to. According to the article, it is known as the 'Toba Catastrophe Theory' According to that article, the theory says:
quote: The article continues with an addressing of the genetic diversity of other species, saying:
quote: As the article concludes, there is little liklihood of this theory being correct, since these much older species show no signs of the bottlenecking postulated with this theory. Furthermore, the claim that:
quote: ... doesn't address the dating problems. According to this graphic:
Map of Human Migrations (from Wikipedia :: Human) H. sapiens were moving out of Africa at least 130 kya, and had populated Australia by at least 60 kya. This source, as you can tell, is pro-'Out of Africa.' In this case, the Toba Catastrophe Theory and 'Out of Africa' Theory seem to disagree. The Toba Catastrophe Theory doesn't seem to agree with the genetic evidence, nor is it consistent with either of the competing human evolution models. It is perhaps safe to say that the Catastrophe Theory is unsubstantiated, and even irrelivant”at least in regards to the two theories. Regards,Jon __________________Note to Creos who might want to quote mine me: the word theory is used loosely here, and in my opinion (and perhaps in the opinions of others) is a misrepresentation of this idea, which is really just an hypothesis. Edited by Jon, : No reason given.
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Jon Inactive Member |
Kuresu,
This is an excellent point to bring up. From all appearances, the source I cited in my paper regarding the ginger gene is pro-'Out of Africa,' as it talks about Neanderthals being a dead-end species (though capable of interbreeding), and claims they died out due to their lack of technological inovativeness. Regards,Jon
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sfs Member (Idle past 2534 days) Posts: 464 From: Cambridge, MA USA Joined: |
There are many problems with your handling of the genetic data in your paper, the most important one being that you ignore most of data. In the case of the ginger gene, you are basing your argument on essentially nothing: you're using a newpaper article as your source, for research that has never been published. Until it's been published, the work has no scientific weight at all. And since the report is six years old and the work is still unpublished, it's a good bet that it never will be.
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Jon Inactive Member |
Sfs,
Can you, please, address the actual point? This entire post of yours contains NO information whatsoever relevant to the debate. All you've done is taken a cheap stab at my research technique. Furthermore, if you had bothered looking into the matter in even the least bit, you would've seen that there are many sites that talk about the ginger gene, a deal of which are from universities, etc.; not to mention that the research which came to this conclusion was undertaken at a credible university (Oxford), by an expert in molecular medicine, who just so happens to be pro-'Out of Africa.' Now, would you like to address the evidence itself, or just retract what you said? Regards,Jon
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sfs Member (Idle past 2534 days) Posts: 464 From: Cambridge, MA USA Joined: |
Jon,
No, I cannot address the point, because without seeing the published study I can't evaluate the work -- I can't tell what the authors did, can't tell how certain they are of their results, and can't see if there are any potential problems with it. That's why any significant research has to be published for other scientists to use it. The fact that the work was done by a good researcher at a good institution tells me nothing particular. The fact that the good researcher hasn't published the work in six years does suggest something, even though it isn't conclusive: the work probably didn't pan out. That's something that happens all the time. As for your paper as a whole, my main problem with it is that it does not weigh the genetic evidence for and against Out of Africa and come to a conclusion. Instead, it considers a small fraction of the evidence, and only pieces that might reflect badly on an OoA model. I suggested two specific kinds of evidence you'd neglected in a post on a previous thread: first, the overall diversity level of humans (which is low enough to be extremely difficult to reconcile with an evolving multiregional population), and second, the many nuclear loci that show evidence for a genetic origin in Africa (see the Takahata and Satta paper I cited there).
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Brad McFall Member (Idle past 5033 days) Posts: 3428 From: Ithaca,NY, USA Joined: |
John Grehan has released a pre-print copy of paper on Human Spatial Change which he is co-authoring which I have uploaded to
http://aexion.org/product.aspx /Documents/GrehanMan.doc The authors were discussing :quote: I critcize the reasoning somewhat from the perspective of "What would Grandma say" here on EvC while perpendicularizing the diretum of a track(edit to appear momentarily).EvC Forum: Childhood Memories .
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