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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by pxeboot on Saturday December 09, 2023 @01:52PM (#38584566)
> Europe is very small.

For another US reference point: the entire European Union is about the same size as Alaska.

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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by pvg on Saturday December 09, 2023 @02:33PM (#38585079)
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=area+of+alaska+vs+area+...

EU is a lot bigger than Alaska and there's a lot of Europe it doesn't cover.

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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by mk89 on Sunday December 10, 2023 @03:42PM (#38594848)
Europe is not just the "European Union". I know many don't like Russia at the moment, but its western part is Europe. Same for Ukraine, also not part of the European Union, but it's part of Europe (the continent).

In the context of European "genetics" keeping Russia and Ukraine out of Europe is basically non-sense considering the Slavs kind of come from there :)

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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by pvg on Monday December 11, 2023 @02:33AM (#38598433)
You might be replying to the wrong comment.
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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by fhars on Saturday December 09, 2023 @04:53PM (#38586455)
In Mercator projection?
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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by eigenket on Sunday December 10, 2023 @05:08AM (#38590545)
For a more accurate reference point, the EU's area is about 4.2 million km and the contiguous USA (so without Alaska etc) is about 8 million, so the EU is about half the area of the contiguous US.
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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by mk89 on Sunday December 10, 2023 @03:49PM (#38594906)
Europe is 10 million km - why to skip some countries just because they are not part of a "political" union?

This article is about analysing the genetics of people living in Europe, so the entire continent must be considered and "historically" Europe extends until west Russia.

If you consider only the European Union, you kind of exclude the British, who share a lot with the rest of the continent.

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Re:Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's fron... by eigenket on Thursday December 14, 2023 @03:29AM (#38639103)
To match the guy I was replying to, and because the USA is primarily a political, not geographical construct so it makes sense to compare it to another political construct in the EU.
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