Dienekes Pontikos has posted some interesting abstracts dealing with genetics over at this site:
European Levites share common haplotype says this article. Since the Levys are a priestly caste like Cohens this shouldn’t be that big of a surprise. What is strange is that the Levites of Europe might have an extra-Levantine origin[1].
Another article states that there has been a shift from polygyny to monogamy-the latter is quite obvious, mostly men today are monogamous (officially), while the latter can be gleaned from the genetic data that indicates that a fraction of males of each generation contributed most of the Y chromosomes to the next generation. The abstract indicates that this applies across all continents, though the sample size (46) seems a bit small. Also, you might be curious about this old article inferring patrilocality from the geographic diversity of Y chromosomes & mtDNA as well as a more recent article (full PDF version) dealing with New Guinea.
This paper discusses the secular rise in IQ being the result of heterosis. It presents it as a hypothesis to test along with the conventional environmental explanations.
This paper claims to have falsified much of J. P. Rushton’s theoretical framework & his conclusions about behavior of various races. See my comment for my opinion on the topic in the thread. In sum, I think we need more study, but I’ve always had qualms about the details of Rushton’s r-K thesis, if less anger & outrage at the data that he presented.
fn1. Bizarro world, but right after I typed this, an orthodox Jewish guy walked into Starbucks!
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