tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post537742722460022234..comments2024-03-09T15:46:44.638+01:00Comments on For what they were... we are: Chad basin mtDNAMajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-24412879345510386542011-07-01T12:34:37.930+02:002011-07-01T12:34:37.930+02:00Under 5% in all cases. Not sure what to do with su...Under 5% in all cases. Not sure what to do with such small apportions other than attest it does exist.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-79338087862547370872011-07-01T10:44:48.433+02:002011-07-01T10:44:48.433+02:00"What I most clearly notice in this map is th..."What I most clearly notice in this map is that L2 is dominant North of Lake Chad, while L3 is hegemonic elsewhere in the basin". <br /><br />And an interesting trace of L4 in the northwest. I wouold have thought it as an eastern haplogroup.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-86590170236815273872011-06-30T05:08:23.728+02:002011-06-30T05:08:23.728+02:00The study said something about one of the U6 sampl...The study said something about one of the U6 samples belonging to the Canary Islands modal haplotype.<br /><br />I looked at population figures of the provinces sorrounding Lake Chad, and it seems about 7 or 8 million people live to the east, south, and west of the Lake, but maybe just 300,000 on the north side. The lake is at the border where the Sahel changes into the Sahara.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-88703471651600679562011-06-29T23:15:11.527+02:002011-06-29T23:15:11.527+02:00Cannot help you with that. I added Wikipedia links...Cannot help you with that. I added Wikipedia links for the peoples I could find some, others remain unknown to me too.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-30166183781405104382011-06-29T20:21:32.958+02:002011-06-29T20:21:32.958+02:00It is a bit hard to discern from the paper itself ...It is a bit hard to discern from the paper itself the linguistic associations of the various ethnic groups. The Fulani speak a Niger-Congo language, the Arab identified groups presumably speak Arabic. But, it is hard to tell which speak Chadic languages, which speak Nilo-Saharan languages and which, if any, speak Berber languages.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.com