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Desiree

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   posted 03-29-2006 10:05 PM                       
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Brig, Akhenaton did away with the worship of the entire pantheon of Egyptian gods (Osiris, Isis and the like) and made his kingdom worship the Aton, a single god. That's what makes monotheism.


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Desiree:

What do you think about these conclusions of the genetics?
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I'd say that you should have also printed the bottom of the article which mentions:


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A genetic study by Fadhlaoui-Zid et al. 2004 argues concerning certain exclusively North African haplotypes that "expansion of this group of lineages took place around 10500 years ago in North Africa, and spread to neighbouring population", and apparently that a specific Northwestern African haplotype, U6, probably originated in the Near East 30,000 years ago but has not been highly preserved and accounts for 6-8% in southern Moroccan Berbers, 18% in Kabyles and 28% in Mozabites. Rando et al. 1998 (as cited by [1]) "detected female-mediated gene flow from sub-Saharan Africa to NW Africa" amounting to as much as 21.5% of the mtDNA sequences in a sample of NW African populations; the amount varied from 82% (Touaregs) to 4% (Rifains). This north-south gradient in the sub-Saharan contribution to the gene pool is supported by Esteban et al.
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The point the article makes is that they aren't certain of the AfroAsiatic connection and that expansion of the lineage in North Africa took place exactly at the same time Plato sets Atlantis.
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