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from
EdgarCayce Website
The Cayce readings relate that a migration of Atlanteans fled
the final destruction of their last remaining island just prior to
10,000 B.C. Cayce specifically stated that many of these
survivors went to North America, Egypt, and the Pyrenees Mountains
while a few went to the area of the Gobi. The Basques, who have long
inhabited the area of the Pyrenees, are an enigma to researchers.
Archaeologists have consistently
speculated that the Basques moved into the region from southwestern
Europe between 13,000 B.C. and 8,000 B.C. If this theory is correct,
then it would be expected that both modern and ancient Basque DNA
would be related to a specific DNA type originating in southwest
Europe (which researchers term haplogroup V).
In order to test this hypothesis, four genetic studies were
performed on subjects from the modern Basque population during the
1990s. Utilizing mitochondrial DNA analysis (mtDNA) (Mitochondrial
DNA Analysis - Modern Genetic Research Confirms Cayce's Story), geneticists found that the expected type
of mtDNA (haplogroup V) occurred in 3.3 to 20 percent of modern
Basques.
In an effort to measure the mtDNA types present in the ancient
Basques, a group of Spanish geneticists obtained dental samples from
121 individuals buried in four separate prehistoric Basque sites. In
addition, bone samples (femurs) were used to confirm results. The
burial sites were carbon dated from 3,000 B.C. to 1,400 B.C.
The surprising results showed that not a single individual in the
ancient group had the expected haplogroup V. The most frequent
haplogroup found was H (at 37.2 percent). This type (H) is the most
common mtDNA found in all modern-day European populations. In
addition, 9.1 percent of the ancient Basque mtDNA was haplogroup X.
With the focus of their research on testing the hypothesis that haplogroup V moved into the Basque region in the years 13,000 B.C.
to 8,000 B.C., the geneticists were forced to conclude that
Haplogroup V entered the area after 3,000 B.C. They suggested that,
prior to 9,000 B.C., various hunter-gatherer groups occupied the
region. These groups included people from the X haplogroup.
Extremely significant in light of the Cayce readings is the
presence of haplogroup X in ancient Basque mtDNA. While popular
press reports have often termed haplogroup X as "Caucasoid," this
speculative idea has been generally discredited by researchers. In
1997, haplogroup X was discovered in about 3 percent of modern
Native Americans and in ancient North American remains as well.
The X type is frequently found in modern
descendants of the Iroquois and in ancient burials in Iroquois'
lands. The X haplogroup has also been identified in the Middle East
and, in 2001, it was found in a tribe living in the Altaic Mountains
of the Gobi. All of these of course are areas where Cayce
specifically stated Atlantean survivors fled in 10,000 B.C.
The Editors of Ancient Mysteries, along
with John Van Auken, have hypothesized that the X haplogroup
may be the genetic link to the ancient Atlanteans.
Sources
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An mtDNA Analysis In Ancient Basque
Populations: Implications for Haplogroup V as a Marker (or a
Major Paleolithic Expansion from Southwestern Europe by N.
Izagirre and C. de la Riia. American Journal of Human Genetics
(1999), 65.199-207.
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Mound Builders: Edgar Cayce's
Forgotten Record of Ancient America by G. Little, J. Van Auken,
& Lora Little (2001).
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