your reply was clearly well thought out..
.and i'm curious if you read the study published by Dr. Elhaik or just the article that mentions the research? The article you linked was only an opinion of the research, not scientific fact. There have been a number of Dr. Elhaik's colleagues who challenged the validity of data collected due to inaccuracies in the scientific method of comparing the surrogate populations' Y-chromosome haplogroups and mitochondrial DNA . One refuting Phd, published an article called "tale of two hypotheses.". There are others. basically, i'm saying people in the scientific community who peer reviewed Ellhaik's work said the research was sloppy and politically motivated. Might be worth it to take a look, just for the sake of having as much knowledge as possible before forming an opinion.
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