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Do Koreans even exist? part 3. Soil

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3. Soil Until now we've talked about Blood (DNA), and  Words (Language). It's time to bring in the final tools at our disposal: Soil (climate, geography, territory, and land) ,  Stuff (artifacts)  and Books (historical records) . It's important to note that this isn't the first time Soil, Stuff and Books have appeared in the story. They've been with us throughout the journey. Now, they become the main actors. What Blood (DNA) tells us: DNA mutations provide us with markers that we can use to identify paternal, maternal lineages and general relationships between peoples.  Y-DNA (paternal):  O2-M122 (44.27%), O1b2-M176 (31.42%), C2-M217 (12.25%), N-M231 (4.55%), O1a-M119 (2.17%), D1a2a-M55 (1.58%), Q-M242 (1.38%), R-M207 (0.4%), C1a1-M8 (0.2%), O1b1-M95 (0%), Other (1.78%). mtDNA (maternal): D (32.4%), B (14.6%), M7 (10.3%), G (10.3%), F (9.7%), A (8.1%), Other (~14.6%). Autosomal (all DNA): While each individual Y-DNA and mtDNA marker exists elsewhere thro...
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Do Koreans even exist? part 2. Language

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2. The Korean Language As you may have noticed, I have very little tolerance for patriotism, flag-waving, national pride, and all the rest of that shit. I'm practically allergic to the stuff. But if there is one thing worth being genuinely proud of, it is the Korean language, and in particular its writing system. I think Hangul is one of the best writing systems in the world, if not the best. I'll fight you over this claim. In fact, I have enough to say about it that the Korean language probably deserves a separate post of its own. But I digress. The Korean language as a ' People ' marker. - ה - Why use language as a 'People' marker? When our ancestors died they left us bones , stuff and words . Before DNA sequencing, bones were just stuff . Stuff can't tell its own story. Also, words are too often filled with lies, or if not lies, strenched truths and vivid imagination. Take this famous book as an example: Livre des Merveilles du Monde . Better known as The...
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