tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post7822945262888207398..comments2024-03-09T15:46:44.638+01:00Comments on For what they were... we are: Sudanese autosomal geneticsMajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-37584280994440567852016-03-15T03:01:43.924+01:002016-03-15T03:01:43.924+01:00What you say goes quite a bit beyond the scope of ...What you say goes quite a bit beyond the scope of the entry. This blog is about anthropology and I have another one on politics. Incidentally, I just wrote <a href="http://forwhatwearetheywillbe.blogspot.com/2016/03/nationalism-how-to-overcome-it.html" rel="nofollow">an essay</a> on the issue of nations, nation-states, nationalisms and how to overcome all that, which you may find interesting. <br /><br />Anyhow, Sudan only exists as independent state since 1956 and, that is almost exactly the period of "problems" you mention. In other words: it has been at war almost since independence day (not to dig in previous history, which was not untroubled either). The USA is a very different problematic, at least for now. Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-62009715250753815792016-03-14T00:53:43.320+01:002016-03-14T00:53:43.320+01:00Multiethnic USA, how would would you divide that? ...Multiethnic USA, how would would you divide that? the same applies to Sudan.<br />There were no problems in that country until recently (past 50-60 years) for some reason, also no ethnic ties to geographical locations, everyone is everywhere, yes certain groups prefer certain locations, the rule is 50% of them do not live in the said location but elsewhere.Titeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06910732522443443124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-77668609051869998492013-11-16T02:28:42.209+01:002013-11-16T02:28:42.209+01:00No. It's a legitimate opinion, which I happen ...No. It's a legitimate opinion, which I happen to share in essence (not in form because I do not believe in multiethnic states with colonial or otherwise imperialist borders but in the right to self-determination of every single people-nation with a traditional territory, especially those whose identity is not based on mere religious brainwashing since childhood, as happens in abhorrent pseudo-national entities like Pakistan or the Apartheid Regime in Palestine). It may be a bit off-topic but not enough for me. <br /><br />Also the author of that comment is a respected commented here which has never given me any reason to exert the always problematic act of censorship, unlike so many others. Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-71315113437089158422013-11-16T02:16:34.913+01:002013-11-16T02:16:34.913+01:00"manipulation and trolling are also very much..."manipulation and trolling are also very much unwelcome here"..."The author reserves the right to delete any abusive comment"...mmm that's interesting !<br /><br />"Not surprising, but evidence that there will be more genocide unless North Sudan grants more regional autonomy and learns to function as a multinational state."<br /><br />Dear Mr author, you do not consider the above quoted comment to be "abusive" or "manipulative" ?!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913745701531625633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-31724991014804527002011-05-29T10:46:05.945+02:002011-05-29T10:46:05.945+02:00It is surprising to me: I would have expected the ...It is surprising to me: I would have expected the divide to be at the 1st cataract if anywhere or to be more gradual. Nubians (1st to 2nd cataract originally y Egypt, also in Northernmost Sudan) are generally considered black in Egypt, while regular Egyptians are considered white. But we get here that Egyptians, Nubians, and most Sudanese appear to cluster together in the structure analysis (less clearly so in the PC analysis maybe). <br /><br />That's puzzling to me. The limited numbers of AIMs (only 15!) and the shallowness of the structure analysis may be behind these issues. <br /><br />I guess it's better than nothing but I also hope for a better paper soon that clarifies our doubts.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-75048086062835832462011-05-27T19:42:54.338+02:002011-05-27T19:42:54.338+02:00"also placing Darfur, Kordofan and the Nuba a..."also placing Darfur, Kordofan and the Nuba along with Tropical Africa as well."<br /><br />Not surprising, but evidence that there will be more genocide unless North Sudan grants more regional autonomy and learns to function as a multinational state.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-73409217928666885032011-05-26T22:14:19.044+02:002011-05-26T22:14:19.044+02:00Yes, it's not too revealing because of its ver...Yes, it's not too revealing because of its very low resolution and relatively small comparison area. <br /><br />It is still a reference to keep in mind. That's about it.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-62186155895032552562011-05-26T21:52:16.067+02:002011-05-26T21:52:16.067+02:00Interesting low resolution Autosomal study, thanks...Interesting low resolution Autosomal study, thanks for sharing Maju.<br />I doubt that some of their conclusions can hold much water however as they are missing a huge swath of sampling area between Somalia and Sudan, i.e. Ethiopia and Eritrea, leading candidate regions for the origin of Afroasiatic languages. If they included these regions, as well as increased the size of the microsattelite markers used, the variation explained by language versus geography would have been almost equal, as Tishkoff et. al found and noted in her study.<br /><br />Interesting study anyhow.Etyopishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311733086301215105noreply@blogger.com