I wish they'd elucidate...

[circumspice]

Interesting article, but far too brief & not very detailed. They tantalized with a teaser about the male subject's mtDNA... Hey Min... maybe you or Michelle can find more?


https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/06/26/world/ ... frame.html

[Minimalist]

The link in the story brings this:

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/6/eaaw5873

but it is very technical. It would be nice if someone could translate it for us laymen.

[circumspice]

UGH! I girded my loins & gritted my teeth, then read the entire paper... Some of it actually made sense to me... The rest was totally over my head. I may have understood roughly about 25%, the rest had little to no meaning for me. Thanks for the link Min.

[Minimalist]

In my dog rescue work I frequently find myself reading scholarly papers from veterinary colleges trying to find out exactly what conditions the dogs have. Anything with a .com site is probably trying to sell something so I stick to .edu sites. Then I sit there with an open Google window and copy and paste any words which go over my head.

It helps.

[circumspice]

I'd ask my geneticist son to translate this paper into understandable terms for me... however he'd more than likely tell me that I wouldn't understand it anyway... *rolls eyes* (I would understand it but he doesn't want to make the effort to couch it in understandable language... Scientists just love their exclusive, members only jargon...)

[MichelleH]

Try this one:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/scie ... cient-dna/

[circumspice]

Thanks Michelle!