Shwa Posted July 19, 2011 Report Posted July 19, 2011 Research confirms modern humans are part Neanderthal After comparing thousands of gene sequences, researchers at the University of Montreal have confirmed that — with the exception of people in sub-Saharan Africa — people today carry a tiny bit of the same X chromosome carried by Neanderthals. Neanderthals were physically similar to modern humans but stronger, with shorter, stockier bodies, angled cheek bones and a large nose. Their brains were the same size as Homo sapiens’ and they also possessed the gene for language.Neanderthals also controlled fire, lived in shelters, and occasionally made symbolic or ornamental objects. The first Neanderthal fossil was discovered in 1856 in Germany in the Neander Valley, hence the hominid’s name. What's with the red hair thing though? This will set gingers back even further than they are now. Quote
Oleg Bach Posted July 19, 2011 Report Posted July 19, 2011 Research confirms modern humans are part Neanderthal What's with the red hair thing though? This will set gingers back even further than they are now. Gingers are the best - when they are female. Neandrethals are all over the place - I knew a family of them when I was a kid..They were second generation Canadians originally from some old eastern european country - they had the faces - the skulls and they had the gait of cave men..This gene will pop up in YOUR own family when genetics decieds to recycle an ancient. Quote
wyly Posted July 20, 2011 Report Posted July 20, 2011 Research confirms modern humans are part Neanderthaltoo complicate things further there appears to be another player in the ancestry besides Neanderthals,Denisovans...discovered in Russia and known only from a couple of teeth and the 40,000ybp pinkie bone of a girl they apparently left DNA behind that can be found in today's Melanesians of SE Asia ...What's with the red hair thing though? This will set gingers back even further than they are now. red hair is found everywhere even in sub-Saharan Africans, so not strictly neanderthal trait...it's one of those recessive things... Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Bonam Posted July 21, 2011 Report Posted July 21, 2011 The article is poorly named and summarized. Humans share over 98% of their genome with chimps. Does that mean we are "part chimp"? We share over 90% of our genome with mice. Does that mean we are "part mouse"? The relevance of the article is only anthropological in nature, it indicates that humans and neanderthals interbred at some point. But then, our more distance ancestors of completely other species also interbred with various other earlier species. Overall, all I can say is: "meh". Quote
Bonam Posted July 21, 2011 Report Posted July 21, 2011 Gingers are the best - when they are female. Right you are! Quote
TimG Posted July 21, 2011 Report Posted July 21, 2011 Overall, all I can say is: "meh".It is interesting because it lays to rest the bizarre assumption that Neanderthals did not interbreed and simply went extinct. Quote
M.Dancer Posted July 21, 2011 Report Posted July 21, 2011 It is interesting because it lays to rest the bizarre assumption that Neanderthals did not interbreed and simply went extinct. no it does't. The amount of crossover does not seem large....and they did, simply become extinct. Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
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