"Turkey stays out of the pecking order
Wednesday , 28 February 2007
View By Ranjani Ramaswamy (Strategic Foresight Group)
It turns out that Leonardo Da Vinci, may have had a Turkish mamma. A 60% chance that his mother was of Middle Eastern Origin, according to Luigi Capasso, the director of the Anthropology Research Institute at Chieti University, Italy. The mere possibility that the master of the High Renaissance in Europe had Eastern roots put a completely different spin on the “clash of civilizations” and the tired homilies we are so used to accepting. Personally, it was much more than the short Associated Press story so widely circulated across the internet. It was yet another powerful affirmation that the “us” and “them” routine is a sleazy trigger for conflict, when we all come from the same complicated mush of humanity."
More:JTW News - Turkey stays out of the pecking order