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Originally Posted by Galaico
Taking into account that some parts of Italy had an important influence from the Neolithic farmers, that curiously came from the Middle East, it is an absurd to claim that a fingerprint (can it really show ethnic affiliation???) shows an Arab origin.
Especially in the case of Tuscany and the alleged Anatolian origin of the Etruscans, who had an important genetic impact on the pre-Neolithic local population.
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Well said and moreover, if I remember well the quick looks I had to the works of Boyd (through Coon's quotes in
Living races of Man) I do not think there is any population whose dermatoglyphic patterns are so homogenous that 60% of individuals would display similar kind of fingerprint, as this "study" seems to claim -As the article says that such kind of fingerprint correspond in 60% of cases to arbas, it would imply that 60% of arabs have a very similar dermatoglyphic pattern, no?