Comments on: Does mtDNA and Y-Chromosome show different signatures of population growth? http://anthropology.net/2008/02/20/does-mtdna-and-y-chromosome-show-different-signatures-of-population-growth/ Beyond bones & stones Wed, 30 May 2012 15:52:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: philipdc http://anthropology.net/2008/02/20/does-mtdna-and-y-chromosome-show-different-signatures-of-population-growth/#comment-9771 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:10:01 +0000 http://anthropologynet.wordpress.com/?p=705#comment-9771 I thought the best take on this, with a humerous touch comes from Mike Hammer of theUniversity of Arizona.

http://hammerlab.biosci.arizona.edu/

What they concluded after adjusting the rates of change of the two type of markers was that certain Males get around more than females.

It seems that we have not always been as monogamistic as we would like to think we are today. I found this particularly amusing, comming from South Africa, where our next President in waiting, Jacob Zuma, will likely take office with between 4 to 6 wives, with 19 known children.

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