DNA Spread Theory

DNA SPREAD THEORY

Initially dubbed DNA Spread Theoretics by member of various Haplogroup-R discussion groups, DNA Spread Theory is a new interdisciplinary approach to the study of cultural evolution In researching that ‘Path’, Lipton drew upon a combination of a combination of the then recent interest in Archaeoastronomy and emerging studies in the fields of anthropology and archaeology – set in the context of established religious and cultural tradition – to posit the idea that the serpent constituted humanities earliest and most pervasive religious/cultural icon.

Background

Prior to the advent of economical gender DNA testing – with its application to Genealogy and affirmation of George Darwin’s postulation of a link between surnames and genetics – there was no objective means of connecting the evolution of culture to specific populations. In archaeology, the trend was to use technologically unique artifacts to identify a cultural group. An example is found in the Corded Ware Culture – identified by coiled clay pottery designs – where a clan or tribal technological design is utilized to describe what is either a single population, or an amalgam of diverse groups.

Theoretical & Archaeological Roots

The roots of what is now designed DNA Spread Theory were first proposed in a 1979 book – ‘Path of the Serpent’ – by Bill Lipton. In that work, Lipton proposed a multi-disciplinary approach to cultural evolution based upon the (then recent) findings of Astronomer Gerald S. Hawkins – as expounded in his seminal work, ‘Stonehenge Decoded’ – taken in conjunction with archaeological evidence inferring Cro-magnon cultures considered the serpent to be a primal deity. In addition, Lipton had the examples set by Thor Heyerdahl – Kon-Tiki and the Ra Expedition – to provided a demonstrative, and pragmatic, evidence for the feasibility of inter-continental cultural transfer as a means of explaining the universality of the Serpent Deity.

The conjecture underlying the work of Heyerdahl, Lipton and numerous others – some of which gained popular notoriety, while related lines of thought languished for want of evidence – fell in a period marked by publication of such works as Erich von Däniken’s ‘Chariots of the Gods?: Unsolved Mysteries of the Past’. Drawing upon general post nuclear apocalyptic fears and an unpopular war sold as the possible first domino in the threatened Communist/Socialist takeover – building upon a sense of helplessness and New Age escapism – von Däniken was able to capitalize on a general feeling of human helplessness and incompetence in managing our own destiny; this was combined with a historic questioning of pre-Victorian intelligence which mandated that any ancient accomplishment not achievable by Her Majesty’s Royal Engineers mus have been done by aliens.

Historic Antecedents

Because it associates religion, legend, culture and DNA, DNA Spread Theory borders on theories of the type espoused by Arthur de Gobineau, whose 1850's Aryan Master race hypothesis – as put forth in ‘An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races’ – would eventually gave rise to Hitler, the Nazi and neo-Nazi movements. It is noteworthy that de Gobineau made his connections in terms of language and dominant cultures – as viewed in terms of Indo-Iranian and Indo-European cultural influences. This was the same period in which Darwin – who postulated Natural Selection in 1838, but didn’t publish ‘On the Origin of Species’ until 1859, or some five years after de Gobineau’s theory – was engaged in explaining the world through Natural Selection and what has been termed “Survival of the fittest.” In their own way, both these views discussed a form of natural eugenics in which the unfit were unable to procreate, or otherwise ceased to exist.

However paradoxical, it should be noted that the Old Testament concept of a Chosen people serves as a fitting prelude to both Darwin and de Gobineau. Those familiar with the first five books – the Books of Moses – are also familiar with the various divine commands such as:
a) “Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.” Which effectively impose a divine policy of de Gobineau style eugenics on the per-Israelite promised land occupants; or
b) The marriage laws typified by “only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.” Which effectively impose a restrictive Darwinian mating practice – ostensibly to control property rights, but having the practical effect of governing power and educational advantages in the same manner as the Indian Caste System

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Haplogroup R1a distribution

Baseline Data

Given the recent emergence of this field of study, the earliest papers reported results from only six viable loci – these are identified as: DYS19/DYS388/DYS390/DYS391/DYS392/DYS393 Focusing on research papers containing Indo-European Hg-R, yielded seventeen papers with viable supporting tables (or Modal Haplogroup information) for a total of approximately 3000 individual haplogroup sets – these comprise the basic data currently being prepared/edited for publication. To this has been added comparative data from various individuals belonging to members of http://www.R1a1.org (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/R1a1/ )

Reference papers utilized for initial analysis (formal citation author/date/etc for following to be added)

1. The Y Chromosome Pool of Jews as Part of the Genetic Landscape of the Middle East

2. Y Chromosomes Traveling South: The Cohen Modal Haplotype and the Origins of the Lemba - the "Black Jews of Southern Africaref>Y Chromosomes Traveling South: The Cohen Modal Haplotype and the Origins of the Lemba - the "Black Jews of Southern Africa"</ref>

3. Multiple Origins of Ashkenazi Levites: Y Chromosome Evidence for Both Near Eastern and European Ancestries

4. The Genetic Heritage of the Earliest Settlers Persists Both in Indian Tribal and Caste Populations

5. Excavating Y-chromosome haplotype strata in Anatolia

6. Y-Chromosomal DNA Variation in Pakistan

7. High resolution analysis of Y chromosomal polymorphisms reveals signatures of population movements from Central Asia and West Asia into India

8. Y-Chromosome Evidence for Differing Ancient Demographic Histories in the Americas

9. Origins and Divergence of the Roma (Gypsies)

10. Y Chromosome Evidence for Anglo-Saxon Mass Migration

11. High-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of Jews

12. Diversitat genomica a les poblacions del nord d'Africa

13. Armenian Y chromosome haplotypes reveal strong regional structure within a single ethno-national group

14. Haplogroup E3b1a2 as a Possible Indicator of Settlement in Roman Britain by Soldiers of Balkan Origin

15. Genealogy and genes: tracing the founding fathers of Tristan da Cunha

16. Y chromosome STRs in Croatians

17. The Effective Mutation Rate at Y Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats, with Application to Human Population-Divergence Time

18. Sex-Specific Migration Patterns in Central Asian Populations, Revealed by Analysis of Y-Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats and mtDNA

Modal Sample

The Eastern European Y-DNA-R1a Modal Haplotype Ysearch:

DYS	19	388	390	391	392	393
Alleles	16	12	25	10	11	13

ADDITIONAL MODALS TO FOLLOW

Archaeoastronomy

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