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01/23/12

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How the Amhara breathe differently

How the Amhara breathe differently

I have blogged about the genetics of altitude adaptation before. There seem to be three populations in the world which have been subject to very strong natural selection, resulting in physiological differences, in response to the human tendency toward hypoxia. Two of them are relatively well known, the Tibetans and the indigenous people of the Andes. But the highlanders of Ethiopia have been less well studied, nor have they received as much attention. But the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, is nearly 8,000 feet above sea level!


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33 comments

Comment from: ,,,,,, [Visitor]
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addis ababa is not an Amhara land.
01/23/12 @ 01:16
Comment from: C'est moi senait [Visitor]
We are heading to the new era and DNA based human discrimination . The future is determine how your individual DNA applied towards any thing to do your survival on earth.

Companies in USA are already determine your value by your DNA prov.
01/23/12 @ 01:18
Comment from: alito [Visitor]
****-
Addis for alllllllll, don get confused, everybody lives der with whateva capacity
01/23/12 @ 03:47
Comment from: Banda Geday [Visitor]
from,,,,
So Asab, is it an Anseba land? It belongs to the red sea Afars and you will soon be caged in you rat hole Hamasien land. Dedeb Banda!

coming back to the point, the research should be title how ethiopians breath because Ethiopian highlands extends all the way south to Bale mountains where a lot of elite Ethiopian athletes originate from.
01/23/12 @ 04:08
Comment from: Qes [Visitor]
*****
Addis Abeba is Shoa
01/23/12 @ 06:20
Comment from: Zurga [Visitor]
Addis Ababa is indeed an Amhara and Gurage land.
The whole Shoa province from the border of Wello in the north to Sidamo in the South belongs to Amhara, Gurage, Argoba, Wolayita, Cambata and Hadya the indigenous people of Ethiopia.
So you better keep your mouth shut.

The Bantustan apartheid division of Shoa by Fascist Italians and currently by their lackeys Woyane Tigrians is dume to failure.
Let it be known that Addis is the capital Shoa province.

Down with TPLF!!
Zurga
the great
Jole Sebeta

01/23/12 @ 07:38
Comment from: woldeyesus [Visitor]
No objection to the study. But, the researchers are completely ignorant of the populations of Ethiopia. You cannot pinpoint a certain tribe, like Amhara, to be a highland resident of Ethiopia. Ethiopia being an ancient state, is a complete melted-pot! They can only talk about Ethiopian highlander, as opposed to Amhara or Tigre or Oromo or Gurage highlander. They should have asked what tribe Liya (pictured in the article) belongs to in order to correct their wrong selection of just one tribe name. The better choice again is : Ethiopian highlander.


May God bless Ethiopia!
01/23/12 @ 08:54
Comment from: Senyii [Visitor]
Dear Readers,
Addis Ababa (Finfinne) is an Oromo land. The Amhara's, Gurage's and etc. are vistors or known as Neftegnas to the Oromo Land. Thus, Get your facts straight.

Senyii
01/23/12 @ 10:31
Comment from: Asqign [Visitor]
Addis Abeba is the Capital city of Ethiopia and the central of Shewa. But for woyane Shewa is part of the Greater tgray. Sad but true:(
01/23/12 @ 11:01
Comment from: Native Amhara [Visitor]
*****
Those of you, who murdered Amharas in all over Ethiopia and abroad, the devil inside you will make you to suffer Ten times than your evil work.

Amharas has been murdered since the creation of the Earth, by devils and foreign invaders. But, they always won.

Previously, when Europeans and others came to Ethiopia to invade, the tigray from North, the Haderea from South, the Afar from digibouti,..were being used as ACCESSES OF EVILS by letting the invaders in and guiding them where to go and attack Amharas (the one who make Ethiopia and Ethiopians UNITED, but not divided). Here we are, those Foreigners who knows first-hand Ethiopian History through their Families, has no respect for ACCESSES OF EVILS.

Amharas bloods are worthy, very much worthy. They died to defend the Country, but not like Mengistu or Derg who murdered Amharas and their Cultural and traditional tide tribes; Tigre, Oromo, Gurage,...Then, the Weyane gorilla fighters came through the foreign or CIA microscope and wrong MIND-SET, and started murdering Amharas in the 21st Century, which will have very dangerous consequences for Tigray people future. The CIA and other Agents were, purposely setted-up the Weyane Government (whom foreigners they found, they could easily manipulated without any cost), to DISMANTLE Ethiopia, Ethiopians and Ethiopians Culture and Identities.

Soon, Weyane will understand when it happens to them. The Agents now, they are gone by living dangerous consequences for Weyanes.

You will see, Weyane will started blaming all Westerners for their own unforgivable mistakes.

United Ethiopia, will crush Weyane soon.
Just imagine, the American Soliders invading America and taking all the Money from banks and taking everything and killing all those who are better than them, like Scientists, Doctors, Astronauts,etc. And dividing the U.S.A and its people, looting and selling all American Artifacts, histrical secret documents,etc. And selling its people and lands for outsiders. Umm...what do you think America and Americans will be? These are what Weyanes are doing in Ethiopia. They are not Scientists or any kinds of proffessionals. They are a bunch of Gurillas whose lives were misserable from what they did against Ethiopia and Ethiopians defenders, and punished by Allah or God. They, Weyane came with Guns from the bushe, they dismantle Ethiopia and Ethiopians. Do you think those who backed them up will help them? No! Not at all! They don't want to be seen again. They already fooled Weyanes.
01/23/12 @ 11:29
Comment from: Banda Geday IV [Visitor]
Comment from: Banda Geday [Visitor]
from,,,,
So Asab, is it an Anseba land? It belongs to the red sea Afars and you will soon be caged in you rat hole Hamasien land. Dedeb Banda!

coming back to the point, the research should be title how ethiopians breath because Ethiopian highlands extends all the way south to Bale mountains where a lot of elite Ethiopian athletes originate from.
01/23/12 @ 04:08

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Son! I have no problems with what you wrote, but I command you to change your nick name since confusions are likely to occur. I am the one and only Banda Geday IV and I prefer to be so as Iv'e been using that name for years. Capish?
01/23/12 @ 12:00
Comment from: weygud [Visitor]
C'est moi,

You maybe right. The Rich countries I think always believe in and are interessted in the survival of the fittest by studying human genes and behavior. If you commit crimes against others, you are considered super human. It is possible the TPLF maybe in this group. So now, they are studying at Human Genome, the human DNA that is the strongest. I guess like Noha's arc, they are going to gather the best humans and make them more privileged I wonder over others? My speculation
01/23/12 @ 13:14
Comment from: enoch [Visitor]
min abashe adame afeshen tikefchaleshe? ye Amhara sime lemin tetera new-complexam hula!!1 demo ye amarenja sime yizeshe eze ketachehun takalachu-ye engede lejoch! wedshem telashem highlander, and Amhara is one and the same!! even the highland in addis-addis being in shewa belongs to Amhara! ye weyane ye italian enderase sira enbetatenalen! endeza sehone gallam hone weyanit adeb yigezalu, betechmarem be ethiopiawnet kapa amharan yemyadema tekulan enmenetralen abren
01/23/12 @ 15:13
Comment from: comparmiso [Visitor] Email
mr. Razib Khan, i dont know what the hell you are talking about! are you telling or fooling someone you have done research? May be you were misled. get the heck whatever you wrote out of here! you've better done good research instead of being racist gaddamn it. How do you know Addis Ababa is Amharas land or others? you're apparently bullishit!i guess may be your stupidity is that you are callin g all ethiopians Amhara. wtf? you are hou. I am sorry for your mud idea! get life!
01/23/12 @ 17:36
Comment from: Truth [Visitor]
the author must be dating an amahara or facinated by Liya. Otherwise there is no way he would have confused the whole Ethiopian highlands as an Amhara domain.

Time for History 101 for Mr. Khan
01/23/12 @ 17:44
Comment from: comparmiso [Visitor]
Razib Khan you are the one ridicilous & egnorant!
01/23/12 @ 18:21
Comment from: Ethiopia [Visitor]
Ask yourself


Why people get angry? This is just what he understand, We know melles and his cadres hate Amhara's.
01/23/12 @ 19:11
Comment from: john john [Visitor]
****-
Addis is to all African lets move on.
01/23/12 @ 23:40
Comment from: Zurga [Visitor]
What is all this hullabaloo?

To all Amhara hate mongers and very primitive individuals and groups.

Mr Kahn thank you for reporting the result of genomic research in Ethiopia.
First and foremost all Amhara haters can not understand such scientific papers.It is hard for them to perceive.
Because they are psycophaths. Due to their infriority complex they are sick. Therefore, they need medical treatment and socialization.
If they were indeed rational persons they must have analysed how genetic adatation to high altitude works.

The research team of eleven members have made comparative study of genomic analysis of high-altitude populations residing in the Andes, Tibet and in Ethiopia.

The scientists have studied samples of high-altitude Amhara individuals living at 3202 meters above sealevel and low altitude Aari and Hamer individuals living at less than 1500 meters above sealevel.

Thereby,the hemoglobin level and Oxygin saturation varies significantly depending on the altitude. That is it.
Some of Ethiopian higland areas and their altitude above sealevel:
Addis Ababa: 2490 meters
Abune Yosef: 3813 meters
Adwa: 1988 meters
Bekoji: 2711meters
Belesa: 2509 meters
Debre Birhan: 2761 meters
Debre Markos: 2292 meters
Debre Tabor: 2435 matersa
Desse: 2761 meters
Goal: 3385 meters
Lalibela: 2473 meters
Mekele: 2159 meters
Molale: 3019 meters
Semen Mountains: 3610 meters

parochgial minds and animosity against Amharas is a usless and evil act. It is part and parcel of anti-Ethiopian conspiration.

Long live Ethiopia!!
Zurga
the great
the enlightment of Africa and Asia
Jole Sebeta







01/24/12 @ 04:13
Comment from: thetruth [Visitor]
This is really amazing. I am now starting to believe most Ethiopians do actually have very low IQ. The man is just writing a review of a research article published in a research journal called human genomes if I am not mistaken. He did not do the research.

The goal of the study is to find any genetic adaptation to higher altitudes among people of Ethiopian highlands. They found an evidence of this by comparing Amhara highland residents with other two groups( I remember one is hamer). We all know the Amhara reside on highlands. The sample of Amharas were selected from very high altitude some where in northern Ethiopia, not from Addis Ababa (Addis is not high enough to see such genetic adaptions it is only around 2500 meters above sea level). For example, the sample of the Amhara selected comes from residents living above 3200 meters from sea level.

Please people, if you dont know just ask or read. Dont just jump into ridiculous conclusions and name calling. This is just a scientific work and nothing to do with politics or racism. God ...what is wrong with us ?????

We have all become a bunch of good for nothing morons. Unless we grow up and develop a sense of tolerance , I am afraid we are destined to live in poverty forever.
01/24/12 @ 08:50
Comment from: C'est moi senait [Visitor]
Weygud

You got it wrong completely when it comes to Human Genomy by applying weyannes. They are sub Human and Sub Animal

Darwin
Natural selection nature teach us where weyannes belongs to.

Golten/ Gould,/Eldrig.....all teach us. Intellegency and Stupidity.

Not to forget T.H. Huxleys. Heredity .....there you see the weyannes chigaarams ethinic or Ras complex
Ras of high level.
Or as I put it here many times weyanne tribal complex of high level. Specially towards Amhara tribe.

The weyannes and shabia juolousy comes in different way.


One can determine hygienist human genetics
01/24/12 @ 12:55
Comment from: Amhara Princess [Visitor]
Weyyyy Gudd!

Since when it became mandatory for Habeshas to think, act stupid? Can't you even read & comprehend simple English? Where did he say Addis Ababa Belonged to Amharas only or Amharas are the only highlanders? What if he specifically wanted to research the Amharas? Fact that others living in the highlands of Ethiopia becomes irrelevant if the research is NOT about them. Tegbaban?

Embarrassing people, try to understand first. Did you check the contents of Discover Magazine and the kind of people who may be reading your garbage and laugh at you? Taking your low level, unsubstantiated, narrow views to international scientific blog without even understanding the first paragraph of the report let alone anything else is beyond anybody's understanding.
01/24/12 @ 17:05
Comment from: Shewarega [Visitor]
Let me make this clear,

Finfinae is not Addis Abeba, it is just part of it. It constitutes the inner core area from the Stadium, around ECA, up to the grand Ghibi (where the squatter Wedi Banda Asres resides) around Arat Kilo, back to the main Bank. The center of it all is the Felwuha (hot springs). It belonged to Aba (Fit) Abaebae Tuffaa, during early days of Menelik. He happens to be my great grand father, sorry Senyii, we were there before even you. He was married, like many of the Oromo greats, into the House of SahleSellasie (particularly a cousin to Menelik.) What brought the Royals climbing down from Entoto to Addis was the Hot Springs. Then the Emir of Harar invaded Chercher and killed some troops, and the whole army wheeled to Harar to respond. They never built any houses then, whenever they came to dip in the springs they stayed in tenets. The Empress Taytu did not go to Harar. After Menelik's departure, she refused to return to Entoto, saying that she left with her husband, and will return only after his return. As you know, the cold in Addis at night time can be hard, esp if you are sleeping in a tent. Also they were bringing food from Entoto, and all kinds of obstacles start to creep up as the day wandered bye. Fit Abaebae the grand chief, whose house was at where the Sheraton is now, came out and begged her to come into his home. As stubborn as she is she refused. Then the Imperial court decided to build a house for her, then they build a kitchen, that way food can be prepared there, rather than it being carried from Entoto. One by one, officials started to build things here and there, by the time Menelik returned from Harar, a large settlement has taken shape. He was amazed by what he saw, and asked her jokingly, it looks like a small town, but does it have a name? The grand lady replied "Addis Abeba beyewalehu." There you go, that is where it all began. Later Fit Abaebae gave them the land, highest point, up on the hill. The rest is history.

Therefore, to put things in perspective, Addis Abeba is in Shewa province, and it belongs to all Ethiopians. We, as Shewans pride oursleves in welcoming all our Ethiopian brothers. Anyone born there belongs there as a citizen of the province. Any other Ethiopian belongs there too, because its the nerve center of the nation. We don't hate, all we say is don't sit on our land and tell us we don't exist, foolish. Don't mistreat our people like a foreign occupier, again foolish. But above all, don't attack the ancestors, its their sacrifice that got the country this far to begin with. Pre 1991 Tigrayans are Shewans, all Eritreans that were illegally thrown out from there are Shewans too. The bloodsucking hateful ethnic secessionist militia that forced its way in there in 1991, and all the carpet bagger, looter, leeches that accompanied it, those that shot and murdered our people, in due time you will pay back for everything that you have done. END
01/24/12 @ 22:46
Comment from: Abyssiniangirl4life [Visitor]
Wey Gud,

If you weren't so serious, your assertions would have been one of the most hilarious claims I've ever heard. Are you suggesting members of the woyane party have somehow evolved differently, genetically speaking, than the rest of the Ethiopians or even Tigrians? Are you honestly that SLOW??!! How long has woyane been around...max 40 years. Do you know how many years it takes for evolution of any kind to occur? Ewnetm wey gud!!!!

To the rest of you,
As was suggested by my friend Amhara princess, you clearly need to retake your ESL classes. ADDIS ABABA and AMHARA REGION are both in the HIGHLANDS. Get it? Hence the comparison. Addis Ababa was mentioned in passing to point out that it is the 4th highest city in the world. The study, however, was conducted on Amharas from the highlands. One more thing, this is a scientific study, they could care less about your petty regional bickering
01/24/12 @ 23:20
Comment from: C'est moi senait [Visitor]
Shewarega

Thanks bro for enlighten these chiggarams weyannes and shabia Banda with no history about the origin of Addis and it's natural selection.
Darwin has thought us how to identify these two evil creatures
Weyannes and shabias.
01/25/12 @ 13:23
Comment from: Takle [Visitor]
Hi I can't remember Darwin addressing one or other race in particular.However; our luck of communication occurred long before the current government of Ethiopia came to power.I live in north America, where ever we work or live we like to poison the system being a snitch to get something done 99% of the time against our own brothers and sisters and did we learn that from our family or government.Our love of country, flag, and any other matter can only measured by depth of morale value not by the shadow we live in.
01/25/12 @ 19:59
Comment from: Voiceout [Visitor]
@ Shewarega

That was an insightful info, thanks for sharing.

I was aware only that the royals were drawn towards the floa wuha area due to the hot springs and during their stay around that ( Aste Minilik was in Harar at the time) Etege Taitu noticed a new flower around the floa wuha area which she has never seen before and was amazed by the beauty of it as were she and her companions amazed by this new land that they noticed when they first arrived at entoto and decided to call this new land Addis Ababa.

But i wonder if there is another side to the reason why the Empress decided to call this new place Addis Ababa, given that according to your comment the area belonged to your Great Grandfather Aba (fit) Ababae Tuffa. There seem to be a co relation between the city's name and Aba Tuffa's name.




01/26/12 @ 02:43
Comment from: Zurga [Visitor]
@ Shewarega

Tigreans and Hamasens are not Shoans. Why?

Ato Shewarega you need also to know the real history of Ethiopia in general and the ancient Shoa province before the invation and migation of oromo various clans from their homeland beyond the border Bale province in Borena.
Why they migrate?
Due to the destruction of Ethiopia by Ahmed Gragn, a proxy of Osman Turks and Arabs, the pastoral Oromo clans were able to raid and settle in the Ethioian empire from Bale to Tigre.
The ancient name of the region in Menagsha Awuraja is Endegibtaan. Its inhabitants were Amhara, Gurage and Gafats. In the environs of Addis
Entoto, Menagesha, Yerer, Gurage, Wochet, Wechecha etc were from 13th to the 16th Century were the residance places of the great Ethiopian emperors such as:
Atse Dawit 1382-1411
Atse Yishaq 1414-1429
Atse Tekle Mariam 1430-1433
Atse Zera yakob 1434-1468
Atse Naod 1494-1508
Atse Libnedingel 1508-1540
Atse Gelawdewos 1540-1559 etc. etc.

For example, the botanical garden in Menagesha was planted by Zera Yakob.

The kings of Shoa have succsessively reconqured their ancestral land occupied by Oromo new settlers.
As Portugal and Spain have reconqured their occupied land by Arabs and Berbers from North Africa.
On the other hand the heroic Gurage people have also always repulsed the Jile, Wobere, Kereyu, Mechaa, Tiloma etc various clans.

Emperor Menilik and Empress Tayitu
have estabilshed their capital folowing the historical footsteps of Ethiopian medivial great emperors.
Addis Ababa is an Amhara land, the capital of Shoa.
The Tulama Oromo tribes of Shoa have become Ethiopians since their incorporation in the empire. They have contributed a very significant role to build modern Ethiopia.
They are Shoans.
Tigre and Eritreans are not at all Shoans. Neither a Tigree nor a Hamaasen peasant is the enemy of Ethiopia and the Ethiopians. But Tigreans who are born in Shoa and other southern provinces are the main hate-mongers.
These are proxy agents.
They are all anti-Ethiopian bandas. Their animosity against Amharas in particular is boundless.

Ethiopia for the Ethiopians.

Zurga
the great
Jole Sebeta
01/26/12 @ 08:13
Comment from: C'est moi senait [Visitor]
The entire USA embassy and all the way to YMCA in Arat Kilo was my grand grand father land. When buuchilla Derg came to power, they took everything that we possessed .
01/27/12 @ 12:55
Comment from: comparmiso [Visitor]
i know c' est moi senait is a tigre banda, but she always says bandam, Zurga is funga!Amharta lands are only gonder and gojjam; even someparts of gonder is the oromo land. wait a minute Amharas are from yemen, but Oromos are always there in ethiopia. oromo is kushitic and nubians of east african native people. from present day egypt to ethiopia the area belongs to the kush, especially to the oromos. semetics go back to yemen.
01/27/12 @ 21:54
Comment from: Shewarega [Visitor]
Voiceout

Most of what I said came out of the book written by the famous poet, Ato Mengistu Lemma. "Metsahfe Tezeta Ze Alekka Lemma Hailu." It was written after he interviewed his father for many long days, and recorded the events then thru the eyes of Alekka Lemma. Many important events were discussed, including the establishment of Addis, and the horrible famine of 1890-1893, in which a third of Ethiopians perished.

I have never came across from any of the numerous elders I met who mentioned why the Empress chose the name Addis Abeba, but the reason you mentioned seems to be logical. I doubt it has anything to do with Fit Abaebae's name, he was just one among thousands of chiefs in Shewa, it just happened that the city came to grow around his land, nothing more.
01/27/12 @ 22:49
Comment from: Shewarega [Visitor]
My friend Zurga the great,

You touched on so many points, good intentions, but bad choice of words.

Wondemae, negeru endet meseleh.
Yager lij, ye mar ege yebalal.
Kedus metsehafem, ende ergeb yewahoch, ende ebab lebamoch hunu yelal.

Our country has fallen in a very tragic situation, and the only thing she has to retrieve her from there are me and you, and all other Ethiopians, her precious sons and daughters. Based on that, whatever we say in here has in the end to reflect how we can selectively attack the ethnic bantustan "kefafeleh gezachew" imposed upon Ethiopians, with as little as possible collateral damage to all. Collectively attacking a whole segment of Ethiopians will not achieve that.

Having said that, when I talked about Tigrayans being Shewans, I was not talking about those in Adigrat or Adwa, rather those that have lived in Shewa for generations. Those who were not easily bought into the bantustan, remember how the majority of them voted for the opposition in 2005, that little window of freedom in a rather 3,000 years of autocracy. The same with the Eritreans, those who lived among us, married and lived with us, why should we accept them being thrown out like trash, just in order some gettata Woyanae wants to steal their property?

My friend, for me that is what makes us Shewans unique. We mixed with all, and we have been at the center of everything. I will not throw away that river, ocean, fwafuatae, that I own, to replace it with some miniscule little spring of regionalism.
01/27/12 @ 23:09
Comment from: andenet [Visitor]
We are one people!!
01/27/12 @ 23:29

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