Originally posted by robe3b
I would think it would be quite difficult to extinguish a haplogroup/haplotype unless it would have been a very small group of people going back literally several thousands of years ago. I think nature itself would do a better job in successfully eliminating a haplogroup/haplotype than man could ever do if he was to target a specific one. Especially in later in time as the population is a much larger one and more widespread. In order for humans to succesfully go an eliminate a haplogroup/haplotype we'd have to go find an indigenous type of people who have never migrated and stay within a 20 mile radius, and then round 'em all up for a mass execution. Just doing that would not really give us a guarantee that a specific haplotype/haplogroup is exterminated. Some may have slipped away in the effort to rounding 'em up. Sick as it may seem, it's just doesn't seem probable that later events in history could be succesful at eliminating a race/haplogroup/haplotype. The logistics in doing so would in no doubt be complicated enough. Whatever the case, it's proven that madmen did try, such as the case with Hitler, Hussein, etc. So it's possible that nuts like them several thousands of years ago tried, and may have succeeded.
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