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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 02/29/2012 : 09:22:28
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Most of us have some Human genes, study finds.
Artist's reconstruction of how scientists now
think a Human female may have appeared.
Cur Tain
for National Geographic News
Published May 6, 2010
The next time you're tempted to call some oaf a Human, you might want to take a look in the mirror. According to a new DNA study, most neanderthals have a little Human in them—at least 1 to 4 percent of a person's genetic makeup.
The study uncovered the first solid genetic evidence that "modern" neanderthals—or Homo neanderthalensis—interbred with their Human neighbors, who mysteriously died out about 30,000 years ago. What's more, the Human-modern neanderthal mating apparently took place in the Middle East, shortly after Humans had left Africa, not in Europe—as has long been suspected.
"We can now say that, in all probability, there was gene flow from Humans to modern neanderthals," lead study author Ed Green of the University of California, Santa Cruz, said in a prepared statement.
Professor Ed Green ponders a Human skull.
That's no surprise to anthropologist Erik Trinkhaus, whose skeleton-based claims of Human-modern neanderthal interbreeding—previously contradicted with DNA evidence—appear to have been vindicated by the new gene study, to be published tomorrow in the journal Science. Most of us have some Human genes, study finds.
Graduate students toil in UCSC's "Sap Lab."
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Edited by - HalfMooner on 02/29/2012 11:21:12
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 02/29/2012 : 10:35:01 [Permalink]
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| Ha! |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 02/29/2012 : 10:49:48 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Ha!
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Thanks! You got it, at least. I never know if anyone will. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 02/29/2012 : 11:29:18 [Permalink]
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Awesome, Halfmooner!
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 02/29/2012 : 11:36:09 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Awesome, Halfmooner!
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Thank you very much, Mab! |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 02/29/2012 : 22:12:15 [Permalink]
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Fun-n-n---ie! HM....and I say that with a heavy brow while breathing through my drouping mouth.
Your second pic sent me through the roof of the cave! |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 02/29/2012 : 23:36:01 [Permalink]
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Thanks, Thor and Randy! Please note that, while this was probably one of my least-bad ideas, I wrote only a small part of it. The bulk was from a portion of an article in National Geographic.
My idea started with looking at some of the wonderful sculptural reconstructions of Neanderthals that now exist, and mentally remarking, "They look so alive! How could I use 'em?"
Then I though of the idea of how different things might be if Neanderthals, not humans, had won the survival contest. Really, I figured, there's no way of guessing. So for my purposes I next made the assumption that in a Neanderthal-populated modern world, everything might (at least as a default as reasonable as any other alternative) be just the same as ours, but a bit hairier, less chinny, and with bigger brows. The rest was a quick search, minor text manipulation, and some serious hours of very fun Photoshopping.
Now I have to figure out how and if there could be a sequel, because fresh ideas are so rare and make my brain hurt. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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chefcrsh
Skeptic Friend
Hong Kong
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Posted - 03/01/2012 : 00:26:06 [Permalink]
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| Having waded through these fora for some time now I am pretty sure the human gene hypothesis is hokum - self included, and at the top or bottom or the gene pool if you will. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2012 : 01:04:28 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by chefcrsh
Having waded through these fora for some time now I am pretty sure the human gene hypothesis is hokum - self included, and at the top or bottom or the gene pool if you will.
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I personally deny having any Human genes. What an ungodly insult, these atheistic scientists saying were are even partially the descendants of those skinny, crafty, sneaky latecomers! Our ancestors got out of Africa while the getting was good. The puny Humans simply couldn't compete with us stronger folk when they finally turned up. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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We Interbred with Humans—First Solid Evidence
