Super ancestor: Genghis Khan; a man of power who fathered several children, throughout Asia. 16 millions men point their Y-chromosome to Genghis Khan.
Adam: Our human male ancestor, father and grandfather of billions of humans who lived on Earth. Adam means "people" in Hebrew.
Eve: Our human female ancestor, mother and grandmother of billions of humans who lived on Earth.
King Solomon: Ethiopians believed he was their ancestor because the Ark of the Covenant was found there.
Haile Selasse: A former King of Ethiopia.
Garden of Eden: A place full of life's pleasantries.
Genographic project:
Thomas Jefferson: 3rd President of USA; fathered a child of his slave, Sally Hemmings. He may look European but his Y-chromosome tells the origin of his ancestors from ancient Phoenicia, now Lebanon and Syria.
Michelangelo: Painted Adam with black hair and muscular in the Vatican City. He looked Italian.
Critical Common Ancestor: He could be the father of men from many other countries.
M9 Mutation: A super ancestor. He lived about 40,000 years ago. He could be the forefather of half of all men alive. Not all men have the M9 mutation.
Pate Island: An island off East Africa. A genetic melting pot. Swab inside cheeks to obtain DNA samples.
M168: A genetic super ancestor from "Scientific Adam", to all men, including Genghis Khan and Thomas Jefferson. He was born about 16,000 years ago. Where and when did Adam live? What did he look like?
Bender: A forensic sculptor who was responsible for the reconstruction of Adam's face without his skull as evidence.
Hazabe tribe: Adam looked like the men of this tribe. Use facial reconstruction software with selected features to construct Adam's face from 16,000 years ago.
Mutations of Y-chromosome:
Adam: A modern man who could think as we do today. His lifestyle lives on in the Hazabe tribe. They hunt with bow and arrow and light fire by rubbing sticks. Adam was a Black African male who lived in East Africa. He had tight curly hair and thick lips. He had an oval-shaped face and skull.
Source:
National Geographic: DNA Mysteries: The Search for Adam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azWJPHypAeg
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Monday, 30 December 2013
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Out of Africa Theory and the Genographic Project
The Origin of Homo sapiens
Our human ancestor was the Prophet Adam (a.s.). From him grew all other humans. But where was Adam born? Where and when did he meet Eve (Hawa)? Who were his children? How did humans propagate?
Out of Africa Theory
Most scientists believe that humans came out of Africa, and hold on to the theory that human migrations resulted in the various populations we see today. Even our USM VC believes this is so, and celebrates the "Out of Africa Theory"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7358868.stm
How do we detect human migrations and determine where people moved?
In determining human migration routes, the Y-chromosome is matched for similarities of a person's SNPs (short nucleotide polymorphism) with those of his likely ancestors. In this way, males who have been tested can safely say that they are Indian, Arab or belong to other ethnic group and their position in the evolutionary migration tree can be pinpointed. Critics have been quick to lash such testing and considered them as nothing more than a waste of money and creating cultural tensions.
How did early humans get along?
Did we get along fine as humans? Did we fight till death? Or did we love each other and went on with breeding, creating more new humans? Did the black African male population expand and killed all other men, causing an extinction the white Neanderthal man? Is the black African man more skillful than the white Neanderthal man for survival outside of Africa?
Who is more fit and brighter?
Is the black African man brighter than the white Neanderthal man? Haven't genes got to do with intelligence?
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genographic_Project
http://www.hotspotsz.com/New_twist_on_out-of-Africa_theory
http://mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com/neanderthal
Prof Faridah
Our human ancestor was the Prophet Adam (a.s.). From him grew all other humans. But where was Adam born? Where and when did he meet Eve (Hawa)? Who were his children? How did humans propagate?
Out of Africa Theory
Most scientists believe that humans came out of Africa, and hold on to the theory that human migrations resulted in the various populations we see today. Even our USM VC believes this is so, and celebrates the "Out of Africa Theory"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7358868.stm
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| Out of Africa poster at USM Chancelory building in Penang. |
How do we detect human migrations and determine where people moved?
In determining human migration routes, the Y-chromosome is matched for similarities of a person's SNPs (short nucleotide polymorphism) with those of his likely ancestors. In this way, males who have been tested can safely say that they are Indian, Arab or belong to other ethnic group and their position in the evolutionary migration tree can be pinpointed. Critics have been quick to lash such testing and considered them as nothing more than a waste of money and creating cultural tensions.
How did early humans get along?
Did we get along fine as humans? Did we fight till death? Or did we love each other and went on with breeding, creating more new humans? Did the black African male population expand and killed all other men, causing an extinction the white Neanderthal man? Is the black African man more skillful than the white Neanderthal man for survival outside of Africa?
Who is more fit and brighter?
Is the black African man brighter than the white Neanderthal man? Haven't genes got to do with intelligence?
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genographic_Project
http://www.hotspotsz.com/New_twist_on_out-of-Africa_theory
http://mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com/neanderthal
Prof Faridah
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