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Enda80 · 01-01-2005, 02:02 PM

Hadassah Magazine January 2001 Some modern Judaists did some genetic testing. "But before he gave me the labratory results, he clarified a widely held misconception. "Blonde genes occur in Middle Eastern Groups as well" he explains. "There is no evidence that white skin and blue eyes originated in northern Europe. That is a Nordic myth. Semitic people had the whole range." See page 24.

Is this right?

Toto · 01-01-2005, 02:30 PM

There is a longer quote from that article and some more material here:

http://www.khazaria.com/genetics/abstracts.html

although it appears that this is a highly charged political issue and all pronouncements should be carefully scrutinized.

But I think this might get a more meaningful answer in Science and Skepticism.

01-01-2005, 02:02 PM	#1
Enda80 Regular Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Boston Posts: 190	How did the ancient Hebrews look? Hadassah Magazine January 2001 Some modern Judaists did some genetic testing. "But before he gave me the labratory results, he clarified a widely held misconception. "Blonde genes occur in Middle Eastern Groups as well" he explains. "There is no evidence that white skin and blue eyes originated in northern Europe. That is a Nordic myth. Semitic people had the whole range." See page 24. Is this right?

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01-01-2005, 02:30 PM	#2
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	There is a longer quote from that article and some more material here: http://www.khazaria.com/genetics/abstracts.html although it appears that this is a highly charged political issue and all pronouncements should be carefully scrutinized. But I think this might get a more meaningful answer in Science and Skepticism.

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