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> very bad proxy for DNA similarity It's actually a remarkably good one. If we continue to mix for several hundred years more then it won't be. For now, it i
by peterfirefly 1y ago
> very bad proxy for DNA similarity
It's actually a remarkably good one. If we continue to mix for several hundred years more then it won't be. For now, it is.
- ajuc 1y agoBecause of the founder effect, white people have way lower genetic diversity. It's like we've split the encyclopedia into three books: A-S, T, and U-Z.
- otabdeveloper4 1y ago> white people have way lower genetic diversity This isn't true.
- polotics 1y agoIndeed really not true. For example: I am quite mixed, declared my own race on an unclaimed spot of non-scientific identity-formation, and despite what some would say and discounting any possible future irradiation, my genitic diversity is absolutely zero ;-)
- peterfirefly 1y agoAfrica's higher human diversity is mainly in low-population groups like the Khoisan. The big groups are not nearly as diverse (although they do carry some Khoisan genes, for example).