Gobi Desert Mysteries - Edgar Cayce

An Unknown and Unexpected Migration Group Confirmed



In 1997, a fifth mtDNA haplogroup was identified in Native Americans.

 

This group, called "X," is present in three percent of living Native Americans, Haplogroup X was
not then found in Asia, but was found only in Europe and the Middle East where two to four
percent of the population carry it. In those areas, the X haplogroup has primarily been found
in parts of Spain, Bulgaria, Finland, Italy, and Israel.

 

In July 2001, a research letter was published in the American Journal of Human Genetics,
relating that a few people with the "X" type had been identified in a tribe located in extreme
southern Siberia. These people, called the Altasians, or Altaics as Russian geneticists refer
to them, have always lived in the Gobi Desert area. Archaeologists and geneticists are certain
that the presence of "X" in America is not the result of historic intermarriages. It is of ancient
 origin. In addition, the "X" type has now been found in the ancient remains of the Basque.


Among Native American tribes, the X haplogroup has been found in small numbers in the
Yakima, Sioux, and Navaho tribes. It has been found to a larger degree in the Ojibway,
Oneota, and Nuu-Chah-Nulth tribes. The X haplogroup has also been discovered in ancient
remains in Illinois near Ohio and a few other areas near the Great Lakes. It has not (so far)
 been found In South or Central American tribes including the Maya.


The X haplogroup appears to have entered America in limited numbers perhaps as long ago
as 34,000 B.C. Around 12,000 B.C. to 10,000 B.C. it appeared in much greater numbers.

 

It is important to note that not all Native American tribes have been categorized by mtDNA
analysis and that relatively few ancient remains have been tested.