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From: "Josh Magee" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA-R1B1C7] On Behalf of Something like ethnic specifics
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 12:57:57 -0500
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David,

I agreed wholeheartedly with your pointing out the confusion of
ethnicity with R1b1c7, and I think this points out that the current
discussion may have moved outside the bounds of this list
unintentionally, since it seems we are speaking more about a possible
ethnic group. It also brings up the general issue of how murky it is
to try to define ethnic groups in the first place. However, in the
end I do think you support my contention that whether we are talking
about R1b1c7 or a particular supposed ethnic group here, there is not
good evidence to back up statements such as the gift of gab being
based on genetics. That is more where my interest is....I think it is
important for people to be rigorous about ruling out other
explanations when making genetic interpretations, and I felt like this
one did not have enough at this time, so I wanted to make sure to note
that.

Best,
Josh

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