From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/11/science/11KHAN.html
http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,906044,00.html
"Genghis Khan, super-stud: One in every 200 men alive today is a relative of Genghis Khan. "One thirteenth century Persian historian claimed that within a century of Khan's birth, his enthusiastic mating habits had created a lineage of more than 20,000 individuals,"
-- William T Goodall
Those are fascinating statistics. I'm taking these to my students tomorrow, and I'm emailing a copy to my Science Dept. colleagues.
Speaking of which, I've felt an uncontrollable urge to pillage and plunder unsuspecting tribes in Central Asia with a horde of mongols every now and then. I wonder...
JJ
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