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Path of my Ancestors

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My ancestors left Africa 50k years ago. They settled in the Middle East 45k years ago. They moved into southern central Asia 40k years ago.  Then they moved into cental Asia 35k years ago. About 30k years ago, as CroMagnon's they colonized Europe. Most people in modern Spain and Ireland carry the same haplogroup as me. Your Y-chromosome results identify you as a member of  haplogroup  R1b. The genetic markers that define your ancestral history reach back roughly 60,000 years to the first common marker of all non-African men,  M168,  and follow your lineage to present day ending with  M343,  the defining marker of Haplogroup  R1b. If you look at the map highlighting your ancestors' route, you will see that members of haplogroup  R1b  carry the following Y-chromosome markers: M168  > P143 >  M89 >  L15 >  M9  >  M45  >  M207  >  M173  >  M343 (Less is known about some markers than others. What is known about your journey is reflected below.) To

My Favorite Books of 2009

In 2009 I decided to read more dead tree based content instead of web based content.  Here's a few of my favorites with a brief comment on each.  I also threw in some honorable mentions. Note, not all of these books were published in 2009.  I just got around to reading them in 2009. Under the Dome , Stephen King I love books with a premise that seems to come out of nowhere.  Giant dome isolates a small town in Maine does the trick.  The moral of the story: Liberals and conservatives got to stick together against the nut jobs. This book made me hate the villain, Big Jim Remmie.   The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work , Alain De Botton Work wasn't always equated with your happiness and life dreams.  It was merely something you did as quick as possible so you could eat and pursue your hobbies if you had any. Somewhat Malcolm Gladwell'ish and a great read.  The book describes, with great detail and insight, many disparate workers and industries all across the glob