Searching for Atlantis through Genetics
Could the study of genetics possibly contribute to the quest for Atlantis? The following excerpt explains it:
We have clues from biology that link the Basques with some Native American tribes. The genetic link, though, shows a separation of at least twelve thousand years, and this is just right for our Atlantis Quest. The minimum date of genetic separation is that of Plato’s date for the destruction of that long, lost island empire.
The Basques are people who live in the region of Europe on either side of the border between France and Spain. Interestingly, they have a language that does not seem to be related to any known language on earth. Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article on the Basque language:
Little is known of its origins but it is likely that an early form of the Basque language was present in Western Europe before the arrival of the Indo-European languages to the area.
Basque Language
Could their language be derived from the Atlantean language? Could they be genetically related to the North American Indian because of their common origin: the lost continent, Atlantis, that once occupied the present-day Atlantic Ocean?
Copyright (c) 2010 Carol Chapman
