“The study found that ancient Egyptians were most closely related to ancient populations in the Levant, and were also closely related to Neolithic populations from the Anatolian Peninsula and Europe. “The genetics of the Abusir el-Meleq community did not undergo any major shifts during the 1,300 year timespan we studied, suggesting that the population remained genetically relatively unaffected by foreign conquest and rule,” says Wolfgang Haak, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena. The data shows that modern Egyptians share approximately 8% more ancestry on the nuclear level with Sub-Saharan African populations than with ancient Egyptians. “This suggests that an increase in Sub-Saharan African gene flow into Egypt occurred within the last 1,500 years,”
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So here’s a great idea!
Not watching the inauguration will only do so much, because we may not be watching Donald’s inauguration, but we’re not watching any OTHER inauguration either.
The solution? Pretend that we ARE watching another inauguration. Make up whatever you want. Flood social media with posts about things that aren’t actually happening. Tweet about Donald peeing himself a little on stage. Tweet about the sound system fucking up. TWEET ABOUT HILLARY’S INAUGURATION.
Make it a phenomenon. Make it widespread. The man loves the headlines, and ignoring the headlines might not get to him, but stealing the headlines sure as hell will.
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