wolf_brother
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Oh for Christ's sake it's the same goddamn thing.
Oh for Christ's sake its not at all related.
There are already five haplogroups within the Americas. The issue is that the unimaginatively named Group A makes up the majority of the population of the Americas IOTL. A POD that leads to Groups B, C, D & X, or some combination thereof, making up a greater percentage of the population already there will lead to more diversity within the population, without increasing total numbers.
No outside contact beyond what already happened IOTL.
No mass migrations beyond what already happened IOTL.
Now, I've outlined at least three possible variants to lead to this scenario. Two of them, I don't like, but I've put them out on the table to see what the community does with them. I don't have much hope for them though, so short of a minor miracle, then the third option is the only clear option.
Then why don't you read the original papers like I did?
Wow, look at that. Someone of this board who actually knows how to use Google
Again, Alex has made a strong case via different route than what I've laid out, but he is correct.
I'd really like to move beyond this incessant arguing about butterflies, I feel like we've already gone over that enough for four or five threads. Does anyone have anything to say about the scenario itself? How does it play out, what changes, and how, and why? What stays the same?