Mummies of Urumchi
DFOKeefe at aol.com
DFOKeefe at aol.com
Wed Mar 24 12:43:00 UTC 1999
Good Morning I-E-ists,
As to the ethnic background of the mummies of Urumchi, how about giving the
researchers time to do some dna-rna tests. Won't that settle the argument?
They'll get to it one of these days when they have an extra $50,000 worth of
research grants to have hair sample checked at a scientific laboratory.
Best regards,
David O'Keefe
Houston, Texas
[ Moderator's response:
No, I doubt that genetic testing could possibly settle "ethnic" questions--
there is no way to assign a culture to a gene. It might help to localize
their genetic provenance, though.
--rma ]
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