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DNA and Native Americans
ray scupin (scupin@LINDENWOOD.EDU)
Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:35:36 -0600
various populations around the world and concluded that Native Americans
are closely related to Southeast Asians, Melanesians and Polynesians. He
claimed that ancient mariners must have come across the Pacific to the
Americas. I thought that this Thor Heyerdahl-like thesis had been
definitely debunked through other genetic studies that supported linguistic and
archaeological research. (Wallace's research was also publicized in a
front page Wall St. Journal article, Nov. 10, 1993).
Can anyone refer me to any work that would clarify, support, or
refute Wallace's hypothesis?
Thanks in advance,
Ray Scupin
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Raymond Scupin
Sociology/Anthropology Dept.
Lindenwood College
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St. Charles, MO 63301
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Not chaos-like, together crushed and bruised,
But, as the world harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we see,
And where, though all things differ, all agree
Alexander Pope
"Windsor-Forest."
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