In article <1991Nov21.232810.27072 at cco.caltech.edu>
morphy at cco.caltech.edu (Jones Maxime Murphy) writes:
>In fact, Larry cited this very fact when he used the fact that Afro-Americans
>had been used as "Africans" to question the Wilson study. According to you,
>I guess Afro-Americans should be sampled alongside native Americans.
My memory isn't perfect, but I doubt that Larry would have said
something quite like that. In any case, to quote from the SciAm
article (pg. 110) that began this brouhaha:
Even a modest trickle of genes can produce great effects if it
continues long enough. A classic example is that of African
Americans, who today derive on average 30 percent of their gene
pool from people of European ancestry.
In short, I doubt that African Americans are suitable for use as
either population. C'mon Jones, stop trying to muddy the waters.
Mickey Rowe (rowe at pender.ee.upenn.edu)
