We Are All Princes, Paupers, and Part of the Human Family - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus - 0 views
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pjt111 taylor on 23 May 13"In 2004, statistician Joseph Chang, computer scientist Douglas Rohde, and writer Steve Olson used a computer model of human genetics to show that anyone who was alive 2,000-3,000 years ago is either the ancestor of everyone who's now alive, or no one at all. Think about that: If a person alive in 1,000 BCE has any descendants alive today, they have all of us-even people from different continents and isolated populations. "