Noobink: TIL Thomas W. Murphy, a Mormon anthropologist, set about to prove that Native Americans descended from the "lost tribe of Israel" (as posited in the Book of Mormon), only to prove that their DNA descended from those of Siberian origin. His research nearly led to his excommunication from the church.

TIL Thomas W. Murphy, a Mormon anthropologist, set about to prove that Native Americans descended from the "lost tribe of Israel" (as posited in the Book of Mormon), only to prove that their DNA descended from those of Siberian origin. His research nearly led to his excommunication from the church.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2203585

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TIL Thomas W. Murphy, a Mormon anthropologist, set about to prove that Native Americans descended from the "lost tribe of Israel" (as posited in the Book of Mormon), only to prove that their DNA descended from those of Siberian origin. His research nearly led to his excommunication from the church.

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