LA Times article on DNA and the Book of Mormon...

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

they can tell when populations diverged.....they do not need DNA from 600 B.C. They only need data from other peoples in the world, and then compare their divergence.

Thats not totally true, they have been running into many problems with this type of assumption. There are still more questions then answers in this paticular area of study.

One specific problem is Mitochondrial mutations that have been found to have correlations with regional environments.

We are finding out new things every day.