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[Ronald Kephart]

At 3:16 PM +0100 3/28/06, Alexander King wrote:

>Thanks for the clarification. Does this argument rely on the 
>assumption that Africa is ground zero? Would one get a different 
>model...

Alexander, I think it's the other way around. The assumption is that 
the greatest genetic diversity (they use neutral mutations) would be 
exhibited in the population that had been in place for the longest 
period of time, hence Africa as the starting point. Of course, the 
fossil and archeological records also support this, with the oldest 
remains of anatomically modern humans coming from Africa, so you have 
different lines of evidence coming together.

>If you're writing to NGS, can I suggest the obvious point that San 
>people have been subject to genocide...

Will do.

Ron