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After Siberians, Australians and Melanesians, I am hereby reserving 4th place of relatedness to native Americans for Hindoos.
Quote:It's official: Native Americans and Siberians are cousins
February 23, 2016 Aram Ter-Ghazaryan, special to RBTH
After more than a century of speculation, an international group of geneticists has conclusively proven that the Aztecs, Incas, and Iroquois are closely related to the peoples of Altai, the Siberian region that borders China and Mongolia.
(Picture of cute and happy looking Siberian man with eagle-friend, and a very handsome N-American native American
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...in late 2015 the famous Russian geneticist, Oleg Balanovsky, finally confirmed the theory. In addition, Dr. Balanovsky'sstudies also proved that some Native Americans have kinship with the indigenous populations of Australia.
The first study analyzed 48 people from Brazil. The second study analyzed 31 genomes from peoples in the U.S. and Siberia. Results from both studies confirmed that the ancestors of Native Americans left Siberia about 20,000-30,000 years ago.
After these publications Dr. Balanovsky decided to conduct a larger study
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As a result, scientists proved beyond a doubt that Native Americans are closely related to the peoples of Altai. But during the study another discovery was made.
"Besides Siberian ancestors, some Native Americans showed a puzzling relation to the indigenous peoples of Australia and Melanesia in the Pacific Ocean,'' remarked Dr. Balanovsky. "This is astounding because they are located in an almost opposite part on the planet.''
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He added that it's still not clear whether migration from Australia and Melanesia to the Americas was directly across the ocean, or by going up along the coast and via the Aleutian Islands. Archaeologists continue to study this issue.
After Siberians, Australians and Melanesians, I am hereby reserving 4th place of relatedness to native Americans for Hindoos.
Death to traitors.