First | Previous | Next | Last | | Index | Home
Slide 42 of 56
Could genetic drift explain the lack of Jewish genetic markers in Native Americans? A study of Genetic material found in mitochondria, the organelles that generate energy for the cell.mtDNA from 108 individuals from 700 year old burial site confirmed the founding populations originated 23,000-37,000 years ago.1 The same kinds of haplotypes were found in the ancient remains as those seen today, indicating that not much genetic drift had occurred over the last 700 years.
The kinds of studies that have been done on Native Americans have also been done on some Africans, specifically the Lemba tribe from South Africa, who claimed to have Jewish roots. What is remarkable is that the time frame is almost exactly the same as that claimed by the Book of Mormon. Here is an excerpt from the prestigious journal Science:
Although the Lemba physically look like their black neighbors, their genetics clearly indicate that they are one of the “lost” tribes of Israel. The idea that all the Jewish Functional and physical units of heredity passed from parent to offspring. Genes are pieces of DNA, and most genes contain the information for making a specific protein.genes could be lost through genetic drift in a population of Native Americans in only 2,700 years is absurd.