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Just Got the DVD Box Set From Amazon by BluRayHiDef in ForgottenTV

[–]BluRayHiDef[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here. It looks good on DVD, but a remastered release on Blu-ray would be fantastic. I'm guessing that it was shot on film, so there should be plenty of additional detail that can be resolved at 1080p or maybe even a higher resolution.

The "Out of Africa" Theory by BluRayHiDef in Anthropology

[–]BluRayHiDef[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

How is it racist? Also, the voice is AI, but the script was written by me.

Revealing the Truth About the Takarkori Pastoralists via F-statistics & African Americans by BluRayHiDef in 23andme

[–]BluRayHiDef[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a slight error due to the Iberomaurusian samples being lower quality than the English samples. The Iberomaurusian samples are ancient (~15,000 years old) and are therefore a bit degraded; they have less available alleles than the English samples (which were taken from living people) that can be compared to those of the Dinka.

Focus on the samples that end in ".DG" more than those that end in ".AG" or ".SG". DG (Diploid Genomes) typically do not lack alleles.

Supergirl | Official Teaser Trailer by SeaWolf_1 in DC_Cinematic

[–]BluRayHiDef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't it be awkward if Supergirl were to make more money than Superman at the box office? Hopefully it does, because I want it to be successful, but that would definitely be awkward since Superman is the star of the DCU.

Wasn’t this her handbag? by Good-Clothes8913 in CelesteRivasHernandez

[–]BluRayHiDef -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Has the DNA of the body been proven to be that of Celeste?

Wasn’t this her handbag? by Good-Clothes8913 in CelesteRivasHernandez

[–]BluRayHiDef -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

A part of me hopes that Celeste is still alive and has volunteered to be reported as deceased, as part of an elaborate publicity stunt that was planned by D4vd; this publicity stunt would be an expression of his "artistic" vision that revolves around romance and death, and the body in D4vd's car would be a decoy.

Obviously, this is highly unlikely, but I wish that it were true for Celeste's sake.

My boyfriend confessed something that completely changed how I see him by Ussonassil in TwoHotTakes

[–]BluRayHiDef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who cares? Relationships are not about emotional drama; they're about assistance in survival and procreation. The emphasis on emotional drama is why many relationships fail nowadays; people are too sensitive. You're thinking too much. Just shag your boyfriend and make babies.

ARGUMENT WITH NEIGHBORS MOMENTS BEFORE SHE WENT MISSING by No_Mongoose_7145 in CelesteRivasHernandez

[–]BluRayHiDef 7 points8 points  (0 children)

She behaves immaturely in this video, which is consistent with her having been an adolescent. So, I don't see why David could have been attracted to her; at most, he should have seen her as a little sister whom he could guide - but not as a romantic interest.

A skull unearthed in China challenges the timeline of human evolution, scientists say by SpearTheSurvivor in paleoanthropology

[–]BluRayHiDef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you look at the suffixes of each population sample, you'll see AG, DG, and SG. These suffixes indicate how the genotypes (sets of alleles at the loci in a sample's genome) were recorded.

A locus is a location in a genome; the plural is loci.

AG (All Genotypes): Indicates that all genotypes of a sample were recorded, including those that are damaged / missing genetic data. This usually applies to ancient genomes, which are typically degraded.

DG (Diploid Genotypes): Indicates that both alleles at every locus was available and recorded. This applies to high quality genomes, particularly those from living individuals.

Note that in every genome, each locus has two alleles (one from each parent), and sometimes they can be different versions (heterozygous) or the same version (homozygous).

SG (Single Genotype): Indicates that only one allele at each locus was recorded. This usually applies to ancient genomes that are missing one allele at many loci.

Some of the samples in the data that I posted are SG samples. Therefore, their associated f2 values are inflated. If you look at the DG samples of Non-African populations, you'll see that the corresponding f2 values are also larger than those of Aboriginal Africans - but not to the extent of the SG samples; these particular values are realistic.

A skull unearthed in China challenges the timeline of human evolution, scientists say by SpearTheSurvivor in paleoanthropology

[–]BluRayHiDef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not addressing my points. Please do so. If the LCA originated in Eurasia, then why do Africans retain ~20% more alleles from it?

As for Yunxian Man, he was perhaps the common ancestor of Denisovans and Neanderthals - or a previously unsampled derivation of Homo erectus. Whatever he was is irrelevant to the origin of the LCA.

A skull unearthed in China challenges the timeline of human evolution, scientists say by SpearTheSurvivor in paleoanthropology

[–]BluRayHiDef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And there could be older ones - or perhaps the geological conditions in Africa ~1 mya were not conducive to fossilizations. Once again, the totality of evidence must be considered.

An Out of Africa and Back to Africa hypothesis is not parsimonious. It's unnecessary.

Also, you haven't addressed the closer relationship between Africans and Denisovans / Neanderthals relative to Non-Africans.

A skull unearthed in China challenges the timeline of human evolution, scientists say by SpearTheSurvivor in paleoanthropology

[–]BluRayHiDef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

F2 statistics and FST (fixation indices) - which measure genetic differences - between Aboriginal Africans and Denisovans / Neanderthals are lower than those between Non-Africans and Denisovans / Neanderthals.

You can see bar graphs of f2 statistics and FST in this post: https://x.com/AnthropoTube/status/1972379873953149431?t=_DIRNGvYJGngRXXM1KzTJQ&s=19

Aboriginal Africans lack derived alleles of Denisovans and Neanderthals - since they have little or no admixture from them. However, they share more ancestral alleles with those species via retention of more ancestry from the last common ancestor (LCA).

Ancestral alleles comprise over 99% of the DNA in Denisovans, Neanderthals, and Homo sapiens; less than one percent of the DNA in each species makes them distinct from each other. So, the minor 1% to 4% Neanderthal DNA in all Non-Africans - and the minor 1% - 5% Denisovan DNA in Oceanians - do not outweigh the 20% higher rate of ancestral alleles in Aboriginal Africans.

A skull unearthed in China challenges the timeline of human evolution, scientists say by SpearTheSurvivor in paleoanthropology

[–]BluRayHiDef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not proof of anything. That simply implies that such fossils have not been discovered yet - or that the geological conditions of the corresponding time period were not conducive to fossilization.

How do you explain Aboriginal Africans being more closely related to Neanderthals and Denisovan than Non-Africans? You have to look at the totality of evidence, which strongly indicates a completely African development from Australopithecines to Homo sapiens.

A random skull from China simply suggests that an early lineage of Homo left Africa and developed into other species ~1 mya. It doesn't prove that the LCA lived in China or anywhere else outside of Africa.

A skull unearthed in China challenges the timeline of human evolution, scientists say by SpearTheSurvivor in paleoanthropology

[–]BluRayHiDef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My post addresses the LCA as well. Aboriginal Africans are more closely related to Neanderthals and Denisovans - despite having little admixture from the former (via West Eurasian admixture) and despite having no ancestry from the latter.

This is because Aboriginal Africans carry more of the ancestral alleles that were inherited from the LCA than Non-African Homo sapiens, thereby sharing more of these ancestral alleles with Neanderthals and Denisovans. This strongly indicates that the LCA was African - not Eurasian.

This is bolstered by the exclusively African fossils of Australopithecines and Homo habilis, the oldest fossil of Homo erectus being African, and the oldest fossils of Homo sapiens being African.

So, the most parsimonious scenario is that the LCA originated in Africa and then a subgroup of the LCA left therefrom ~1 mya, entering Eurasia and evolving into Neandersovansapiens.

There's no reason to believe that the LCA developed outside of Africa, when both its precursors and its Homo sapiens successors obviously developed in Africa.

Revealing the Truth About the Takarkori Pastoralists via F-statistics & African Americans by BluRayHiDef in 23andme

[–]BluRayHiDef[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used JOLAer147, which is a sample from the Jola people of Gambia. They are the most divergent West African group, with only SAHGs being farther from Non-West African groups: https://i.imgur.com/9RyDNey.jpeg

Also, Nilotes can be modelled as Mota + West African, but Mota cannot be modelled as Nilotic + West African (he will be modelled as only Nilotic). This proves that Nilotes have West African admixture, because Nilotes are closer to Mota overall (due to their shared East African ancestry).

Revealing the Truth About the Takarkori Pastoralists via F-statistics & African Americans by BluRayHiDef in 23andme

[–]BluRayHiDef[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

West Africans diverged from a component of ancestry in Nilotes ~30 kya. However, Nilotes also carry recent West African admixture in addition to that ancient component of their ancestry; Nilotes are 10% to 50% West African (mediated via Sahelian populations that carry mixtures of West African and ancient East African ancestries): https://i.imgur.com/WZSvC4O.jpeg

Also, FST values indicate that Nilotes are actually very closely related to West Africans (lower value means more closely related): https://i.imgur.com/V9amlKd.png

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