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The excuse they invented for the fall of the Portuguese Colonial empire was because we turned mulattos. :laughing: But I don't know what's the excuse for the fall of the Spanish Empire. Some of them try to push the trivial levels of sub-saharan admixture in Spain as reason of the fall...

Yes i read that, but that have nothing to do with the Counter-Reformation. I never said we weren't.

Don't exagerate Haganus.

One of the theories about why the Iberian countries (Portugal and Spain of course) passed from pioneers and superpowers to "undeveloped" countries was due the damage made by the Catholic Counter-reformation . The arts and sciences were censored, and the capitalism, the profit, were seen as...

I agree with you.

The percentage of light hair in Portugal is 10. Is one of the lowest percentages in europe, but I can't understand what's the problem about that. By the way, I think there are more women in Portugal with light hair than men. I have no data about this, but simply by observation is the...

Why this obsession with Spain, luis77? Are you mexican?

O Alentejo tem 820000 pessoas e o Algarve tem 426400, isso dá um total de 1246400 (~ 11% da população portuguesa). Se multiplicarmos esse valor por 0.10 ( que representa os 10% de pessoas com mistura sub-sahariana) isso dá cerca de 124640 pessoas, o que é um número baixo. Acho que não me enganei.

Eu não sei se são representativos ou não. Mas se de facto as amostras foram recolhidos naquelas zonas onde alguns habitantes têm quase um aspecto de cabo-verdianos, tipo Alcácer, então não haveria diferença entre as terem recolhido aí ou ido a Chelas recolhê-las. A ser verdade o que diz então a...

Hi, I'm new on the forum. I have a question: There is any study about autosomal sub-saharan DNA in Portugal? I know the mtDNA is high (and that provides plenty "arguments" for nordicists bashing my contry) but I haven't saw any studies about autosomal DNA.