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In reply to the discussion: My DNA test says I am from the Levant. [View all]Ponietz
(4,227 posts)24. Another thing -- count back the number of generations the past 2500 years
4-5 generations per century, roughly. Thats 100 generations or 2 to the hundredth power. Leaving aside inbreeding, Google says the answer is: 1,267,650,600,228,229,401,496,703,205,376, or one nonillion, 267 octillion, 650 septillion, 600 sextillion, 228 quintillion, 229 quadrillion, 401 trillion, 496 billion, 703 million, 205 thousand, 376.
Ancestors. Everyone alive who successfully reproduced 2500 years ago could be my great grandparent.
Thats why race is a false construct.
Before that were Neanderthals, Denisovans, and so on. What I dont know is if our ideas on race are based on various populations breeding with sister species of homo.
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I dare say most Europeans' and Anglo-Americans' ancestors came through the levant at one point
Ponietz
May 2024
#2
massive (profoundly so) overcounting of how many total humans have existed over the past 2500 years + completely wrong
Celerity
May 2024
#71
it's not an astronomical number, even going back 4 million years, the total number of humans/hominids who ever lived
Celerity
May 2024
#80
yes, 6th is the target. We absolutely bollocksed up the 2 blown lead draws versus the 2 worst teams in the EPL
Celerity
May 2024
#92
Apparently some think not, and if they want to employ that line of reasoning,
RockRaven
May 2024
#17
No I think they're jokingly pointing out that that if Trump is elected claiming to be from the Levant will only get you
okaawhatever
May 2024
#49
actually, voting for biden is probably all you need to get deported.....
getagrip_already
May 2024
#53
Damn, I wish all Catholics had the right to be citizens of some country like that
Polybius
May 2024
#40
You need an old old leather bound book they claims some gods gave it to you
ExciteBike66
May 2024
#76
A right of return? How many generations since your ancestors left for greener pastures?
brush
May 2024
#77
Yep, many trekked to Europe. Guess the question is should a right of return be a matter of...
brush
May 2024
#81
Should contemporary geopolitics be based on the ancient myths of a single group of people?
Crunchy Frog
May 2024
#108
Geopolitics is foremost about power. Ideology keeps the parts working together.
David__77
May 2024
#111