Re: Amerind mtDNA lines Founded by coastal and Riparian colonization



In sci.anthropology.paleo message
news:AU4hf.85540$qk4.12663@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by
Philip Deitiker <Donevenask@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> . . . :

> In sci.anthropology.paleo message
> news:1132765526.828798.232940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by
> "JAE" <jae@xxxxxxxxxxx> . . . :
>
>>
>> Philip Deitiker wrote:
>>
>> [snip Fix abstract]
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>>
>>> What have I been telling you guys, amerinds moved along the
>>> coasts at their convinience and then moved inland, secondary
>>> lines came later but were dominated by male contributions.
>>
>> There is some danger in relying heavily on simulations, though
>> this is what I've found in the empirical data from extant
>> populations indicating a distinct difference between coastal
>> and inland pops on the Western seaboard.
>>
>
> At least based on HLA the strong inland movements did not occur
> until southern mexico. Again from the HLA most of north america
> appears to have been passed in the first wave, or to put it
> alternatively, the rate of expansion in north america was slower
> than in south and central america, this likely carried over into
> the eastern US where temperatures are warmer in the summer, and
> places like florida which are essentially tropical at the peak
> of the interglacial.
>

Theoretically, I think that not all mtDNA lines should track the same
distribution.
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