THREAD 1) We are facing a complete and *sudden* rewriting of history using DNA, like paternity tests, disturbs linguists, historians, (recall the Mary Beard affair), archeologists, and Arabists.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/ancient-dna-history/554798/?utm_source=twb …
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@PZalloua (Reich collab) showed Leb Shiites were of Phoenician ancestry, caused a shock, but now slowing building a Canaanite identity. I found from his databse that there is ~3% Arab genes in Lebanon & West. Syria. Arabist Historians s.a. Salibi are largely fabricators.10 replies 31 retweets 164 likesShow this thread -
3) The other interesting "hard science" discovery is that a) Modern Greeks are the same as ancient Greeks, b) Greeks are largely Anatolian, c) Canaanites are largely Anatolian. Minority rule chapter in
#skininthegame : languages travel, genes not so much.20 replies 46 retweets 200 likesShow this thread
How does this apply to (crypto)currencies? Don’t currencies operate on powerful network effects very similar to language and potentially even minority rule?
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