{"id":11398,"date":"2015-09-09T11:44:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T15:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=11398"},"modified":"2023-07-05T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:24:12","slug":"groundbreaking-study-tracing-back-dna-210000-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/groundbreaking-study-tracing-back-dna-210000-years.html","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking Study Tracing Back DNA 210,000 Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Scotsman<\/em> newspaper recently reported that the company ScotlandsDNA \u201chas completed the first stage of\u2026research tracing the beginnings of a family tree for \u2018all men on Earth.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source: The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland), 7 August 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This important new DNA study shows that the branching of the DNA tree evolved slowly over time \u2013 but then that evolution abruptly changed. According to the article:<\/p>\n

About 4,500 years ago, many new branches suddenly appear over a very short period.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Illustration: a section of DNA. Source: Wikipedia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Alistair Moffat who ran this study:<\/p>\n

DNA research showed this was highly likely to indicate an invasion by a warrior elite, small bands of highly aggressive and sexually predatory men sailing by small boats to Britain and Ireland over a short space of time around 2,500 BC from Spain, Portugal and southern France.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He went on to say:<\/p>\n

This is noticeable across the whole Tree but particularly clear under the very British and European Y chromosome haplogroup, R1b S145, where a staggering 25 new branches are found.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Source: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Wikipedia the R1b line \u201cis believed to have originated in Asia\u201d and \u201chad been in Europe before the end of the Ice Age.\u201d<\/p>\n

ScotlandsDNA\u2019s study of the \u201cY\u201d chromosome DNA concludes that all \u201cmen\u201d descend from a common ancestor.<\/p>\n

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Source: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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