genes and languages--Kurds and Georgians]

[Bjarte Kaldhol]

Can "a quick summary, using 360 base pairs from the mtDNA sequence" from
"45 Georgians and 29 Kurds" have any scientific value?

Best wishes,
Bjarte Kaldhol

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> From: Lars Martin Fosse <lmfosse at ELENDER.HU>
> To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
> Subject: genes and languages--Kurds and Georgians]
> Date: 3. desember 2000 23:56
>
> For those of you are interested in the genes/languages theme, I forward a
message on the Indo-European list.
>
> Lars Martin Fosse
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> -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> Fra:    Geoffrey SUMMERS [SMTP:summers at metu.edu.tr]
> Sendt:  1. desember 2000 06:42
> Til:    Indo-European at xkl.com
> Emne:   [Fwd: [ArchTheoMeth] genes and languages--Kurds and Georgians]
>
> This came from the Archaeology and Theory list. There have been several
> responses on that list, including an objection to the position that
> Georgian and Basque are related.
>
> Geoff
>
> > Subject: [ArchTheoMeth] genes and languages--Kurds and Georgians
> > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:37:17 +0900
> > From: "Mark Hall" <hall at nbz.or.jp>
> > Reply-To: ArchaeologyTheoryMethod at egroups.com
> > To: <ArchaeologyTheoryMethod at egroups.com>,
<EuropeanArchaeology at egroups.com>,
> >     <NEAsianStudies at egroups.com>
>
> > Since it has come up repeatedly on this list and others, the equating
of
> > genes, pots, peoples and languages, an interesting article that hasn't
seen
> > much press is:
>
> > Comas, Calafell, et al. (2000) Georgian and Kurd mtDNA sequence
analysis
> > shows a lack of correlation between languages and female genetic
lineages,
> > AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Vol. 112, 5-16.
>
> > In a quick summary, using 360 base pairs from the mtDNA sequence, they
> > looked at the mtDNA from 45 Georgians and 29 Kurds.  Georgians are
> > Kartvelian speakers while the Kurds are Indo-Iranian speakers. The
> > genetic analysis points only to minor differences between the Georgians
> > and Kurds and the rest of the European populations and very different
> > from the Basque population (which Georgians are often linked to).
Their
> > conclusion is the linking of European mtDNA with the Indo-European
> > languages is seriously questioned.
>
> > Best, Mark Hall
>
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