[Glorantha] Re: Glorantha Digest, Vol 11, Issue 340

> From: Simon Phipp <soltakss_at_yahoo.com>
>
> There was a similar documentary last year, or the year before, about a Steppe
> mummy they found in the same area. They did a forensic reconstruction in
> Russia and produced a red-haired European woman, even though a lot of
> evidence suggested an Asiatic or Eurasian type. It stuck in my mind because
> my wife was furious about how the Russians tried to wipe out the Eurasian
> history.

Propably the very documentary I saw on Finnish TV a few days back. The researchers did a DNA sequensing from the remains, and went to Mongolia to check out their theory that the amazon's had ranged that far. In Mongolia the researchers heard that in some remote areas people were said to be blonde. After a bit of searching the researcher in question did find a fairly pale, freckled, girl with pale brown hair, and her mithochondrial DNA was a very good match for the DNA from the warriorwoman's grave.

Cool stuff. Mithochondrial DNA is inherited from the mother's side, and changes very slowly, so it's the perfect method for this sort of research.

        -Adept Received on Tue 06 Dec 2005 - 23:58:52 EET