<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Micha Berger via Avodah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avodah@lists.aishdas.org" target="_blank">avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<a href="http://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/why-youre-probably-related-to-nefertiti-and-confucius" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bigthink.com/stephen-<wbr>johnson/why-youre-probably-<wbr>related-to-nefertiti-and-<wbr>confucius</a><br>
Why You're Probably Related to Nefertiti, Confucius, and Socrates<br>
December 7, 2017 by Stephen Johnson<br>
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[J]ust how far back do humans need to go to find a common ancestor<br>
of their own: a person to whom all living people are related?<br>
<br>
The answer, for people of European descent at least, is surprisingly<br>
recent: 600 years. The common ancestor for every single person alive<br>
on the planet today, no matter where, lived approximately 3,600 years<br>
ago. That means Confucius, Nefertiti, Socrates, and any figure from<br>
ancient history that had children, is in some way your ancestor.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Unless I'm missing something, those last two sentences are a huge non sequitur.</div><div><br></div><div>I have a slightly different take-away from the article: it says that everybody has a common ancestor who lived approximately 3,600 years ago. Isn't that exactly what the Torah says?</div></div></div></div>