I pronounced on the Black Roman yesterday, so I am obliged to acknowledge being schooled by @caitlinrgreen today:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/895350086267547648 …
The study Green sent you is a joke, it utilizes a program that nearly always gets terrible results.pic.twitter.com/KcwikGmkP1
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This is the Nubian study they reference. Turns out ancient Nubia was very diverse: had people from Norway, Peru, Hokkaido, and Easter Islandpic.twitter.com/iBujXFsIS4
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An earlier study used FORDISC on 17th century Spaniards. It turns out 35% of them were black, So much diversity!pic.twitter.com/d4B9c5wMeJ
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No, it's not. Sophisticated multi-disciplinary study that uses two different methodologies+isotopes, also doesn't simply take results >
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> uncritically but compares them+looks at most likely instances, not borderlines. NB. v odd results often due to ref popn issues, I gather.
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