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minus-squareCytobit@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·3 days agoOnce you go back far enough, everyone is related. Everyone alive today with European ancestry is a direct descendant of Charlemagne, for example. https://www.theguardian.com/science/commentisfree/2015/may/24/business-genetic-ancestry-charlemagne-adam-rutherford
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoSure but that there still is a living relative of Cheddar man is still remarkable. The majority of bloodlines in the entire history of mankind have died out. Most people from that same era as cheddar man will have no living relatives today.
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIs not rare to be a descendant of Charlemagne, it’s quite rare to have a proven lineage to that time.
Once you go back far enough, everyone is related. Everyone alive today with European ancestry is a direct descendant of Charlemagne, for example.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/commentisfree/2015/may/24/business-genetic-ancestry-charlemagne-adam-rutherford
Sure but that there still is a living relative of Cheddar man is still remarkable. The majority of bloodlines in the entire history of mankind have died out. Most people from that same era as cheddar man will have no living relatives today.
Is not rare to be a descendant of Charlemagne, it’s quite rare to have a proven lineage to that time.