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the shizzle => shootin' the shit => Topic started by: mrjonathanr on June 19, 2023, 10:33:38 am

Title: The origins of Basque(s)
Post by: mrjonathanr on June 19, 2023, 10:33:38 am: Study on the genetic origins of Basques, with implications for why their language is such an outlier.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1509851112
Title: Re: The origins of Basque(s)
Post by: lagerstarfish on June 19, 2023, 08:34:43 pm: No mention of their seriously strong climbing abilities
Title: Re: The origins of Basque(s)
Post by: moose on June 19, 2023, 08:52:36 pm: Quote from: lagerstarfish on June 19, 2023, 08:34:43 pm
No mention of their seriously strong climbing abilities

You obviously skimmed past the section on how the U5bt haploid group's cohort showed a strong positive correlation with finger tendon strength, with their closest living descendants also having a pronounced sympathetic neurological response to having "venga" and "a muerte" shouted at them.
Title: Re: The origins of Basque(s)
Post by: mrjonathanr on June 19, 2023, 11:56:08 pm: Quote from: lagerstarfish on June 19, 2023, 08:34:43 pm
No mention of their seriously strong climbing abilities

Neolithic masters of stone, innit.

Quote from: moose on June 19, 2023, 08:52:36 pm

You obviously skimmed past the section on how the U5bt haploid group's cohort showed a strong positive correlation with finger tendon strength, with their closest living descendants also having a pronounced sympathetic neurological response to having "venga" and "a muerte" shouted at them.

Or “etorri” and “bete-betean”, as intermingling with farming culture peoples from the steppes led to multilingualism.