Re: Archaeology unearths gout in early Pacific people

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:53:53 -0800 (PST), Jack Linthicum
<jacklinthicum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Nov 25, 4:49 pm, Eric Stevens <eric.stev...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:43:59 -0800 (PST), Jack Linthicum

<jacklinthi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Another small clue linking the Pacific peoples with Taiwan, if only
because of a shared sore toe.
Photos at cite.

On that basis, my ancestors must have come from Taiwan also.

The fact that I also suffer from Dupuytren's contracturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuytren's_contracturestrongly suggests
they came from northern europe.

The tightly curly hair which runs in my family also suggests we are
linked to africa.

The possibilities are endless.

Eric Stevens

I am not sure what got sent, I did not mean to post.

I take it you are an advocate of the single source for anything,
genetic traits and whatever you need to comment upon. I would find the
connection between the Lapita and other Pacific Islands people to
require something more, shall we say, scientific. The DNA structure
seems to suggest either SE Asia or Taiwan as possible sources for the
Pacific Island population. Taiwan Aborigines population has a genetic
marker for gout susceptibility..

The simplicity and lack of examination suggests some sort of religious
belief rather than a scientific examination of the facts, both as they
relate to the Islanders and to yourself.

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:u8V0KJRGlyQJ:www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm%3Fc_id%3D149%26objectid%3D10477309+lapita+gout&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us

Your leg-pull detector is bust.



Eric Stevens
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