Lol. You are right. But I am suspicious of this Sharif guy. He better not turn out to be another warlord.

Lol. You are right. But I am suspicious of this Sharif guy. He better not turn out to be another warlord.

Haye, Nur. Will do

Who knows. He doesn't look like nin faidaa leh anyway. These Somali leaders are cowards walahi.

Haa, ina cawiya ban rabaa.

...capacity. Many scientists believe that the emergence of language gave us a huge advantage over other early human species. Improved tools and weapons, the ability to plan ahead and cooperate with one another, and an increased capacity to exploit resources in ways we hadn't been able to earlier, all allowed modern humans to rapidly migrate to new territories, exploit new resources, and replace other hominids. YAP: An Ancient Mutation Fast Facts Time of Emergence: Roughly 50,000 years ago Place of Origin: Africa Climate: Temporary retreat of Ice Age; Africa moves from drought to warmer temperatures and moister conditions Estimated Number of Homo sapiens: Approximately 10,000 Tools and Skills: Stone tools; earliest evidence of art and advanced conceptual skills Sub−Saharan populations living today are characterized by one of three distinct Y−chromosome branches on the human tree. YAP occurred around northeast Africa and is the most common of the three ancient genetic branches found in sub−Saharan Africa. It is characterized by a mutational event known as an Alu insertion, a 300−nucleotide fragment of DNA which, on rare occasion, gets inserted into different parts of the human genome during cell replication. A man living around 50,000 years ago, your distant ancestor, acquired this fragment on his Y−chromosome and passed it on to his descendants. Over time this lineage split into two distinct groups. One is found primarily in Africa and the Mediterranean, is defined by marker M96 and is called haplogroup E. The other group, haplogroup D, is found in Asia and defined by the M174 mutation. Your genetic lineage lies within the group that remained close to home, and was carried by men who likely played an integral role in recent cultural and migratory events within Africa. M96: Moving Out of Africa Fast Facts Time of Emergence: 30,000 to 40,000 years ago Place of Origin: Africa Climate: Dry Ice Age The origin of the Somali people: Following the footprints of one Y−chromosome The origin of the Somali people: Following the footprints of one Y−chromosome Estimated Number of Homo Sapiens: Tens of thousands Tools and Skills: Upper Paleolithic The next man in your ancestral lineage was born around 30,000 to 40,000 years ago in northeast Africa and gave rise to marker M96. The origins of M96 are unclear; further data may shed light on the precise origin of this lineage. What is known is that there were two great waves of migration out of Africa. The first small groups of people left around 60,000 years ago and followed a coastal route that eventually reached Australia. The second exodus occurred beginning around 50,000 years ago, heading north. The bulk of these travelers were descendants of a man born with marker M89, a group we'll call the Middle Eastern Clan. While your ancestors likely moved out of Africa as part of this group, they were not descended from M89, but rather bore the marker M96. Some 90 to 95 percent of all non−Africans today are descendants of the Middle Eastern Clan. You are descended from an ancient African lineage that chose to move north into the Middle East. Your kinsmen may have accompanied the Middle Eastern Clan as they followed the great herds of large mammals north through the grassy plains and savannas of the Sahara gateway. Alternatively, a group of your ancestors may have undertaken their own migration at a later date, following the same route previously traveled by the Middle Eastern Clan peoples. Beginning about 40,000 years ago, the climate shifted once again and became colder and more arid. Drought hit Africa and the grasslands reverted to desert; for the next 20,000 years, the Saharan Gateway was effectively closed. With the desert impassable, your ancestors had two options: remain in the Middle East, or move on. Retreat back to the home continent was not an option. This is where your genetic trail, as we know it today, ends. However, be sure to revisit these pages. As additional data are collected and analyzed, more will be learned about your place in the history of the men and women who first populated the Earth. We will be updating these stories throughout the life of the project.

Read this link: http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/pdf/Archive/Soc/so c.culture.somalia/2008-04/msg00019.pdf Comment and give your insight. I look forward to your response. I will also copy paste the article if you can't view it. footprints of one Y−chromosome Source: http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.cu lture.somalia/2008−04/msg00019.html · From: atto · Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:53:18 −0700 (PDT) By Dayib Ahmed Atto In this article I am going to share with you the results of my participation (I had to send a sample of my DNA) of The Genographic Project, launched in April 2005, a five−year genetic anthropology study that aims to map historical human migration patterns by collecting and analyzing DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. I chose to do my tracing through the paternal side of my ancestors, the Y− Chromosome, and I did this mostly due to our Somali culture which traces our tribal lineages along the father's side of the family (Abtirsiinyo). I find the story being told by my Y−chromosome to be interesting, for one it says that I am a member of group known as haplogroup E, and traces me back to one mysterious man with a genetic marker called M96. (Hope a Somali expert will explain this to us a bit more..) The 60,000 years migration patterns of my ancestors is most fascinating, and I hope that this will become an eye opener to many and it might shed some light on the debate we sometimes have about the origin of the Somalis people. __________________________________________________ _____________ This is the story: Your Y−chromosome results identify you as a member of haplogroup E. The genetic markers that define your ancestral history reach back roughly 60,000 years to the first common marker of all non−African men, M168, and follow your lineage to present day, ending with M96, the defining marker of haplogroup E, and also with markers M33 (E1), M75 (E2), M85 (E2b), and P2 (E3). If you look at the map highlighting your ancestors' route, you will see that members of Haplogroup E carry the following Y−chromosome markers: The origin of the Somali people: Following the footprints of one Y−chromosome The origin of the Somali people: Following the footprints of one Y−chromosome 1 M168 > YAP > M96 You are descended from an ancient African lineage. Today, the YAP marker is most common in sub−Saharan Africa. Smaller populations of men carrying the YAP marker can be found in Northern Africa. What's a haplogroup, and why do geneticists concentrate on the Y− chromosome in their search for markers? For that matter, what's a marker? Each of us carries DNA that is a combination of genes passed from both our mother and father, giving us traits that range from eye color and height to athleticism and disease susceptibility. One exception is the Y−chromosome, which is passed directly from father to son, unchanged, from generation to generation. Unchanged, that is unless a mutationa random, naturally occurring, usually harmless changeoccurs. The mutation, known as a marker, acts as a beacon; it can be mapped through generations because it will be passed down from the man in whom it occurred to his sons, their sons, and every male in his family for thousands of years. In some instances there may be more than one mutational event that defines a particular branch on the tree. What this means is that any of these markers can be used to determine your particular haplogroup, since every individual who has one of these markers also has the others. When geneticists identify such a marker, they try to figure out when it first occurred, and in which geographic region of the world. Each marker is essentially the beginning of a new lineage on the family tree of the human race. Tracking the lineages provides a picture of how small tribes of modern humans in Africa tens of thousands of years ago diversified and spread to populate the world. A haplogroup is defined by a series of markers that are shared by other men who carry the same random mutations. The markers trace the path your ancestors took as they moved out of Africa. It's difficult to know how many men worldwide belong to any particular haplogroup, or even how many haplogroups there are, because scientists simply don't have enough data yet. One of the goals of the five−year Genographic Project is to build a large enough database of anthropological genetic data to answer some of these questions. To achieve this, project team members are traveling to all corners of the world to collect more than 100,000 DNA samples from indigenous populations. In addition, we encourage you to contribute your anonymous results to the project database, helping our geneticists reveal more of the answers to our ancient past. Keep checking these pages; as more information is received, more may The origin of the Somali people: Following the footprints of one Y−chromosome The origin of the Somali people: Following the footprints of one Y−chromosome be learned about your own genetic history. Your Ancestral Journey: What We Know Now: M168: Your Earliest Ancestor Fast Facts Time of Emergence: Roughly 50,000 years ago Place of Origin: Africa Climate: Temporary retreat of Ice Age; Africa moves from drought to warmer temperatures and moister conditions Estimated Number of Homo sapiens: Approximately 10,000 Tools and Skills: Stone tools; earliest evidence of art and advanced conceptual skills Skeletal and archaeological evidence suggest that anatomically modern humans evolved in Africa around 200,000 years ago, and began moving out of Africa to colonize the rest of the world around 60,000 years ago. The man who gave rise to the first genetic marker in your lineage probably lived in northeast Africa in the region of the Rift Valley, perhaps in present−day Ethiopia , Kenya, or Tanzania, some 31,000 to 79,000 years ago. Scientists put the most likely date for when he lived at around 50,000 years ago. His descendants became the only lineage to survive outside of Africa, making him the common ancestor of every non−African man living today. But why would man have first ventured out of the familiar African hunting grounds and into unexplored lands? It is likely that a fluctuation in climate may have provided the impetus for your ancestors' exodus out of Africa. The African ice age was characterized by drought rather than by cold. It was around 50,000 years ago that the ice sheets of northern Europe began to melt, introducing a period of warmer temperatures and moister climate in Africa. Parts of the inhospitable Sahara briefly became habitable. As the drought−ridden desert changed to a savanna, the animals hunted by your ancestors expanded their range and began moving through the newly emerging green corridor of grasslands. Your nomadic ancestors followed the good weather and the animals they hunted, although the exact route they followed remains to be determined. In addition to a favorable change in climate, around this same time there was a great leap forward in modern humans' intellectual The origin of the Somali people: Following the footprints of one Y−chromosome The origin of the Somali people: Following the footprints of one Y−chromosome capacity. Many scientists believe that the emergence of language gave us a huge advantage over other early human species. Improved tools and weapons, the ability to plan ahead and cooperate with one another, and an increased capacity to exploit resources in ways we hadn't been able to earlier, all allowed modern humans to rapidly migrate to new territories, exploit new resources, and replace other hominids. YAP: An Ancient Mutation Fast Facts Time of Emergence: Roughly 50,000 years ago Place of Origin: Africa Climate: Temporary retreat of Ice Age; Africa moves from drought to warmer temperatures and moister conditions Estimated Number of Homo sapiens: Approximately 10,000 Tools and Skills: Stone tools; earliest evidence of art and advanced conceptual skills Sub−Saharan populations living today are characterized by one of three distinct Y−chromosome branches on the human tree. YAP occurred around northeast Africa and is the most common of the three ancient genetic branches found in sub−Saharan Africa. It is characterized by a mutational event known as an Alu insertion, a 300−nucleotide fragment of DNA which, on rare occasion, gets inserted into different parts of the human genome during cell replication. A man living around 50,000 years ago, your distant ancestor, acquired this fragment on his Y−chromosome and passed it on to his descendants. Over time this lineage split into two distinct groups. One is found primarily in Africa and the Mediterranean, is defined by marker M96 and is called haplogroup E. The other group, haplogroup D, is found in Asia and defined by the M174 mutation. Your genetic lineage lies within the group that remained close to home, and was carried by men who likely played an integral role in recent cultural and migratory events within Africa. M96: Moving Out of Africa Fast Facts Time of Emergence: 30,000 to 40,000 years ago Place of Origin: Africa Climate: Dry Ice Age The origin of the Somali people: Following the footprints of one Y−chromosome capacity. Many scientists believe that the emergence of language gave us a huge advantage over other early human species. Improved tools and weapons, the ability to plan ahead and cooperate with one another, and an increased capacity to exploit resources in ways we hadn't been able to earlier, all allowed modern humans to rapidly migrate to new territories, exploit new resources, and replace other hominids. YAP: An Ancient Mutation Fast Facts Time of Emergence: Roughly 50,000 years ago Place of Origin: Africa Climate: Temporary retreat of Ice Age; Africa moves from drought to warmer temperatures and moister conditions Estimated Number of Homo sapiens: Approximately 10,000 Tools and Skills: Stone tools; earliest evidence of art and advanced conceptual skills Sub−Saharan populations living today are characterized by one of three distinct Y−chromosome branches on the human tree. YAP occurred around northeast Africa and is the most common of the three ancient genetic branches found in sub−Saharan Africa. It is characterized by a mutational event known as an Alu insertion, a 300−nucleotide fragment of DNA which, on rare occasion, gets inserted into different parts of the human genome during cell replication. A man living around 50,000 years ago, your distant ancestor, acquired this fragment on his Y−chromosome and passed it on to his descendants. Over time this lineage split into two distinct groups. One is found primarily in Africa and the Mediterranean, is defined by marker M96 and is called haplogroup E. The other group, haplogroup D, is found in Asia and defined by the M174 mutation. Your genetic lineage lies within the group that remained close to home, and was carried by men who likely played an integral role in recent cultural and migratory events within Africa. M96: Moving Out of Africa Fast Facts Time of Emergence: 30,000 to 40,000 years ago Place of Origin: Africa Climate: Dry Ice Age The origin of the Somali people: Following the footprints of one Y−chromosome To be continued....

Originally posted by Sayid*Somal: this are real life jokes - but it didn't happen to me. - preemtive warning: JB & NG - Don't even go there :cool: 1. Poor qaxooti guy is on the phone to a girl - when she asks - girl: where are you/what are you doing now?? Guy: i am driving to friends house ! Girl: ooh you have car now? Guy: yeah - i recent bought BMW (be my wife) car Bus Tonnay: *this is 63, to Kings Cross* Girl: when did you get off your car and quickly get on the bus?? *Phone dies* 2. same xariif on the pohone to another girl Xariif: *revs the padel of his 2500w hoofer couple times* Xariifada: *upon hearing the reving engine says* ooh are you in car?? Xariif: yeah babe - i just bought a ferrari *revs the hoofer couple more times for good measure* Xariiffada: hears shouting from a female voice - screaming "warya Cabdi - maxaad huufarka wakhtigan uga qalineysa"??? *phone goes dead again* Lol. Hooverka dimmi. Lmao.

Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o: Dear Monisha, Thanks for being my love for one and half years, when you receive this letter I believe you might have selected a new boy friend and started enjoying your dating. Every lovers needs to struggle a bit to get a boy friend or girl friend. Monisha … In order to recover your missing, I got another girl from next street & as you know this is my fourth love. From all my past experiences I have learned a lot. When the love blossoms everyone starts writing love letters, you know very well… I have written many love letter to you , and writing a love letter in poetic way is not so easy nowadays MONISHA , and it’s a time consuming work, In order to avoid all this I need all my lover letters back so that I can put corrector and send to my new girl friend , please send it back to me , I don’t have poetic references or any photocopy of these letters. Another thing MONISHA, I have given you one cute photo of mine , can you send it to me please , you know better that this is the only photo I look very cute & handsome and this photo I have taken when I was in my very first love. And also, during my 1 ½ years of love days I have spend lot of monies for impressing you , I am attaching a list of expenses which I request you to clear it at the earliest. The expenses are as follows: Lunch / Dinner ; 895, Cool Drinks 2938 Rs, Snacks 5645 Rs. , Juice 3845 Rs. Cinema 1235Rs. Internet Chatting 1499 Rs. , Mobile 2546 Rs. Petrol 4255 Rs. Gift Items 7850 Rs, - Grand Total : 30,708 rs (in Words : Thrity Thousand Seven Hundred and Eight Rupees). Please try to clear the above amount so that I can spend these monies on my new girl friend, and more over if you have any of my gift lying with you, am ready to take these packs in half prices. Please calculate the value of packs left over and deduct it from the above statement of account. I am enclosing herewith your love letters (Weigh around 4 Kg) so that you no need to write again to your boy friend and your photo so that you can give to your new BF. Also, please advise your expenses which incurred during our dates, I don’t think you have got any expenditure during these dates, I have seen many time that you always forget your purse when it comes to pay. Anyway I hope you will clear the above outstanding at the earliest and wishing you a very wonderful 6th love affair with Subil. Your Ex-lover …. Amanush Lmao. This guy should be a banker...

Lol.

Originally posted by Nephthys: How to say I Luv U in Nigeria.. Your mobile phone beeps, you have received a text message. It begins: "I swear, I will make sure I give you HIV..." But it's not an abusive threat, it's a "romantic" text message copied from a book on sale all over Nigeria that professes to give young people the words they need to court the woman or man of their dreams. "H is for Happiness and joy forever with an I: Incomparable love that will never V: Vanish until death do us part. BBC The following are unsolicited text messages received by one woman: Call me, I love you When you see d sun shine, dats me smiling at u. When d bird chirps dats me singing softly to your ear. If d clouds should release a few drops those r my tears bcos I'm missing you &when u feel d wind blow, dats my sweet breath whispering I love you. please reply Hello my sweet luvn sugar coated choco mallow milky shaky honey dipped chiz meltin orange juicy mozzarella pepperoni spicy icy friend, how r U? Good morning. I just woke up from a dream that I am in an aircraft and someone like you is in the cock pit. A U a pilot pls? How I wish I cud hold u so close 2myself.. caress your feminin body during ds drizzlin. Bet u r goin to luv it hun!! Hop ur enjoyin ur sleep. I KIA! Pls I say open the door to you heart for me to come in, I promise from dat day dat we meet till d end I will always make you smile. I really love you.reply...cheers [ ] Walahi, that is funny.If someone says that in the UK... its a different story.

Originally posted by Brother Warsameh: Clearly says that Allah chose the Jews above all other people including Arabs! "The children of Israel were favored by Allah and preferred above all creatures” (2:47). As Somalis, we should be grateful to Israel for being the FIRST country to recognize us as an independent state in 1960 when the Arabs were shying away to recognize our independence! The claim that Israel is our enemy and Arabs our friends is a shameful one supported neither by the Qur’an nor by history. Hadal iyo caaaba waa la wadaagaa (ee lama tiro!) Walaal, are you Muslim or not?

Originally posted by peasant: I have a theory of a why habarowadaags are more regarded in northern somalia than they are in the south. The north is said to have had a strong matriarchy tradition at the time of Queen Areweelo and Dhagdheer and only after islam was introduced into northern somalia that matriarchy was abandoned since islam promote patriarchy. So matriarchy tradition is still deep rooted in northern somalis. Wow. That's an interesting theory... I wasn't aware of that.