by Dan Wees | Sep 25, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“As biologists, we accept the published data dealing with Native American origins and view those data as reasonably representing American-Asian connections.” Jeffrey Meldrum and Trent D. Stephens, Journal of Book of Mormon Studies “Who are the Children of Lehi”...
by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Genetic research, particularly that using mitochondrial and Y chromosome markers, provide quite emphatic refutation of any such relationship between Jews and Native Americans.” Dr. David Glenn Smith/U.C.-Davis molecular anthropologist, 2002 Sunstone Symposium, Salt...
by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“We have an active research project addressing some of these questions but most of the data is still too preliminary to make any hard conclusions. Most of all the evidence to date would point to Asian populations as the source of at least the great majority of...
by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“While F.A.R.M.S. researchers are careful to note the importance of cultural influences on the construction of categories, they express confidence in an Israelite genetic presence in Central America and perhaps as far away as Arizona to the north and Colombia to the...
by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The most recent mitochondrial DNA study demonstrated that there were three known separate migrations to the New World, one certainly connected to Siberian peoples, the other thought to be Asian. Among Amerindians, samples were taken in Canada, the United States, and...
by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“F.A.R.M.S. has played a role in offering revisionist interpretations that seek to reconcile faith with science. But the DNA research may make this effort more difficult as the views of intellectuals and those of traditional Mormons continue to diverge.” ...
