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There's no population without copulation Genetics is not interested in nations
Genetics isn't interested in nations.
Genetics is interested in population. Let me explain that:
population includes me and you. Right now, in this building,
population includes all the people who are right here, right now. Why?
They're in the same place at the same time, and they all have the opportunity
to exchange some form of genetic material between each other.
A nation can't do that.
Looking for the oldest population in a region
is something that's possible, but looking for the oldest nation
in a region is something banal.
Let's take the Balkans and Bosnia and Herzegovina as an example:
the existing myth refers to the genetic markers that are some
15.000-20.000 years old and 7.000 or 8.000 years old.
Back then, *** Sapiens had more pressing problems,
like what to eat or how to avoid getting eaten,
than to sit in front of the fire and think about which nation they belong to.
The genetic pool is basically all the wealth that one population has.
In practice, in Bosnia and Herzegovina it represents the diversity of genes
or genetic markers, depending on what you're researching,
which you can see in the population in BiH.
Thousand-year long processes have resulted in the fact that
the BiH population today is extremely diverse.
We call that "genetic diversity" and we can say that
it's unexpectedly high for a population
and a geographical area that's this small.
When you compare it to the neighboring populations
of Croatia, Serbia and other neighboring countries,
we can say that it doesn't significantly differ in terms of statistics.
Your appearance, the way you are, and my appearance, the way I am,
isn't based on genes alone.
It's also based on the conditions under which you grew up.
No one can guarantee that you with your genome given by your predecesors -
mainly your mom and dad - that you'd look exactly the same
if you lived in Australia, in Northern Canada, et cetera.
Our environment, the Balkan environment,
or South Europe, whatever you'd like to call it,
did affect us. Typical Dalmatians, or typical
residents of the Balkans, can be easily recognized
then by our long arms and long legs, if nothing else.
I wouldn't call it a Balkan phenotype, but let's say that it's quite specific to this area.
Genetics doesn't deny the concept of nation,
but genetics can't determine the nation either.
The nation is determined by other things.
Genetics is exclusively interested in population.