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From: "Andrew and Inge" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] Basques (was: Spencer Wells about Jefferson's Haplogroup
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 05:56:13 +0200
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Dear Ellen

For those who have not read it, it is also interesting the African links in
Northern Iberia, mentioned in your last sentence, are stronger than those in
Southern Iberia, which was occupied by Northern African for many generations
in the not too distant past. I wonder if this reflects the fact that
southern Iberia was also the area that, in Celtic, Carthaginian, Roman,
Gothic, Islamic, and Reconquista times always had the biggest influx of
international settlers, from the rest of Europe and the more distant
mediterranean, not just NW Africa.

Interesting.

Regards
Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: ellen Levy [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, 29 June 2005 6:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [DNA] Basques (was: Spencer Wells about Jefferson's
Haplogroup


Dienekes:

Great study. The information it provide on the
Basques confirmed what I have been suggesting for
months now. In particular, the idea that Basque
ancestry does not represent "pure" Paleolithic genetic
inheritance, but rather this group, like all European
populations, has undergone significant genetic change
and admixture over time. Unfortunately, the previous
studies have focused exclusively on Basque MtDNA.
This is the first suggestion I have seen in a study
indicating that the male lineages have also been
genetically impacted by admixture, demographic
processes and pronounced genetic drift. The study
also suggested prehistoric genetic links between
Basques (and Iberians in general) and North Africans.

Ellen Coffman

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