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Re:DNA tests can predict intelligence, scientists show for f... by fjsolwmv on Thursday March 15, 2018 @08:13PM (#16597640)
There are many people who have both Caucasian and Afro-Caribbean DNA. Is this result claiming that killer could be one of those people, or definitelt isn't? Those are opposite conclusions that both follow from the same statement, because the claim is ambiguous.
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Re:DNA tests can predict intelligence, scientists show for f... by swebs on Thursday March 15, 2018 @08:27PM (#16597691)
>Is this result claiming that killer could be one of those people, or definitelt isn't?

The latter. The claim is pretty unambiguous. There are genetic markers that are only found in certain populations. His statements imply that he observed no markers that are only found in Caucasian populations, and several that are only found in African or Afro-Caribbean populations. If a person were mix raced, they would likely have a combination.

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