Native descent?

[unixronin]

95% of Native Americans descended from 6 women.  (Link courtesy of glitch25.)

Well, day-umn, dude.  Those six chicks got around, nudge nudge, wink wink, knowwhutImean knowwhutImean?  :)

"And this is Sleeps With Anything.  She's the mother of our tribe ... and I'm not speaking figuratively here."

Yes, I know, I am intentionally taking this out of context.

Comments

[unix-jedi.livejournal.com]

Seems to me you're trying to assign "Puritan" morals to a autochthon culture that's far more advanced! For shame, for shame!

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

If one is to believe The Seven Daughters of Eve, most northern Europeans are descended from one woman who lived in Northern Spain, and most of the rest of the world are descended from six other women. Similar jokes were probably made when that book was published.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Well, let's face it, ultimately it's a pretty safe declaration that we're all descended from all of the original "human" population, however large or small that was. By the time you have a million years or so of interbreeding, everyone is related. I find it interesting that the mitochondrial DNA narrows down to so few lines, though.

[wyrdling.livejournal.com]

well, and the other thing to think about is that the sons of other mothers wouldn't pass on their mitochondrial dna. so this is a way of tracing back the motherline, but it doesn't mean that only those women managed to reproduce....

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm quite clear on the scientific background and significance et al. I was just in a whimsical mood and chose to take it grab it by the throat and run with it. ;)

[wyrdling.livejournal.com]

i noticed ;)
i just had to stick my nose in for those who slept around and didn't produce female offspring ;P