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Hello, I finally got around to getting my 23andMe test done and have some questions. My Paternal Haplogroup is R-L48. My father is Portuguese, but googling R-L48 people are talking about Germanic origins. Looking at the ancestry data from 23andMe it says I most likely have a French/German...

"It was three a.m. Longwood House was quiet and still. The dark-clad man held his candle over the open crate of bottles. He removed one, looked at the label — Vin d'Empereur — and with a gloved hand wiped away the thin layer of dust. Carefully, he extracted the cork. From his jacket pocket, he...

Who's right? Is Spain breaking the law with excessive border checks and threatening border fees, or has the UK crossed a line building artificial reefs on what is rightfully Spanish territory:innocent:? Is this just another crack in the EU. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23668589

Various Y-chromosome studies showed that the San carry some of the most divergent (oldest) Y-chromosome haplogroups. These haplogroups are specific sub-groups of haplogroups A and B, the two earliest branches on the human Y-chromosome tree. Mitochondrial DNA studies also showed evidence that...

Eugenics The study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a humanpopulation, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects orpresumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging...

Who would you consider the Top 5 Most Influential Europeans today? Below are 4 random from the Times 100. See full list here. Angela Merkel Officially, Angela Merkel, 57, is the Chancellor of Germany, but in reality, she holds sway over much of Europe. As the continent has descended into...

"Anders Behring Breivik attacked a youth camp organised by the governing Labour party on the island of Utoeya, after setting off a car bomb in the capital. He told the court he "acknowledged" the acts committed, but said he did not accept criminal responsibility. The...

Is this weeks summit resulting in an actual fiscal union or is this another Euro Gimmick to calm investors. Do the voters of Europe want or even understand what is going on? With the UK now marginalised can we really thrive on the fringes of Europe with the EZ increasingly pro-regulation of the...

More specifically is the concept of minimal government investment and interference in the economy now the only way forward for the West? If we think about what's going on with countries like Italy, they are changing their democratically elected governments to please markets, (markets simply...

SEP. 2011 The Global Economic Power Index, developed with my Martin Prosperity Institute colleague Charlotta Mellander, reflects three key three dimensions of economic power—economic, financial, and innovative. Economic Power is measured as economic output or gross regional product...

Most EU leader even in the UK (as long as its not including them:innocent:) are all touting 'More Europe' as the solution to the current debt crisis. But more Europe is hard to achieve because the line that investors want to see is complete fiscal integration to allow the Euro to function...

With politicians having failed the people they represent miserably across Europe, its seems odd that now both Greece and Italy have turned to Technocrats. "Technocracy is a form of government where technical experts are in control of decision making in their respective fields. Engineers...

Today Italian yield on 10-year government bonds went over 7%. 7% is regarded as the line after which a country can no longer afford to service it's debts. Can the EU afford to bailout Italy now, what cost has Italian pantomine political culture cost Europe? Are we looking at the end of the EU...

I have a question about the relationship between Y-DNA and Autosomal admixture. 1.If we take Scotland and Norway, would I be right to say that looking at the Autosomal (Northwest Euro) it would indicate that there has been extensive interbreeding between the Scandinavians and the Scots? My...

In refference to this table: Distribution of European Y-chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) haplogroups by country in percentage -view table Can we add up the percentage of G,J2,J1,E1,T,Q and N to work out 'Arab' percentages of genes of European populations? Can these be considered arab genes or not...

With only a week left for Germany and France to come up with a comprehensive solution to the Eurozone financial problems, do you think they will come up with drastic comprehensive measures to create stability and lead Europe onto the path of growth? Some interesting links: Collapse - youtube...

"...starting with the fall in stock prices...it quickly spread to almost every country in the world. ...devastating effects in virtually every country, rich and poor. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade plunged by more than 50%. Unemployment in...

"In a 2008 poll of 17 countries, 15% of those surveyed believed the US government was responsible for the attacks, 7% believed Israel was and another 7% believed some other perpetrator, other than al Qaeda, was responsible. The poll found that respondents in the Middle East were more likely to...

"Issuance of Eurobonds (by Eurobonds I mean euro-denominated bonds issued by the ECB and guaranteed by all the member nations, not the traditional understanding of ‘Eurobond’, which is a bond issued in a non-domestic currency): This would spread the credit risk around the eurozone and, due...

This is very much related to the other thread on IQ and Genetics. There are two famous cases of feral children. 1. Victor of Aveyron (France) wiki link 2. Genie - (America) wiki link youtube documentary other cases of feral children In both cases the people examining the children were...