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Genghis Khan
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By looking at our genes we can link ourselves to our parents, grandparents, and ancestors long long ago. Tatiana Zerjal and Chris Tyler Smith tell the tail of discovering the genetic relation of over 16 million men in Central Asia.
»American Journal of Human Genetics, “The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols”
»Tatiana Zerjal and Chris Tyler smith study Human Evolution at the Sanger Institute
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I had an "a-ha!" moment during your broadcast of Genghis Khan. I expected it to materialize in your episode, but it never did. Let me throw this idea out and see if it floats with anyone else.
Could that enormous male population, descendents of Genghis Khan, be suffering from the same type of aggressive and warfaring behavior he did? Could the behavior of the people of the Middle East be traced to Khan's ruthlessness and bloodthirty behavior? Granted, war in the Middle East existed before Khan, but could his Y chromosome inflame the warfare?
Just a thought...
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