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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:28 PM Original message |
Neanderthal genome reveals interbreeding with humans |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Now that is a cool idea to write about. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for your post. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Here's the proof! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I still think he looks more like a chimp than anything |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. You might be right. Here's a pic of a great uncle of Dubya. I believe his nickname was "chimp" |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
51. Did you ever see |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. I was just waiting for this, BBI |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. So the only "pure humans" are... Africans? Oh, that's RICH! |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I love that, TOO!!!! Such an irony! Thanks for your post! |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. What if Neanderthals were better than humans? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Recent research indicate a lack of "imagination" among Neanderthal |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. these are the same scientists that portray them running around |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Actually, the poster above may be correct. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Hence the argument by some for a reclassifying us and neanderthals |
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iamtechus (868 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Neanderthal wimmin were UGLEEE! n/t |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. more likely that Homo Sapien men captured the good looking ones |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. BBC article here: |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. that is too cool |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. And THAT is exactly why I quit drinking /nt |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. Interesting but NOT conclusive |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I can agree with this, but.... it's getting harder to refute |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Probably not. Their assumptions are based on solid science. |
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metapunditedgy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. I thought that European and African genomes differed by much less than 1%? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. See my comments above |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. By some definitions, this means that Neanderthals were not a separate species. n/t |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. That would explain Sarah Palin. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Some of us prefer the term "prehistoric Americans." |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. You sure you mean "Prehistoric Americans" not "prehistoric Europeans"??? |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. We're here now. (nt) |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Wonderful map. Thanks for that. But as for Americans... |
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HALO141 (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. Once you go neanderthal you never go back, baby! n/t |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. I had always postulated this |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 07:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
43. lol my hubs family comes from a remote, sheltered part of Ireland |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Cave painting takes planning |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. And the Tea Party is proof! nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Not surprising at all.. many males like to stick that thing anywhere it will fit |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. What's your point? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. And neanderthal women weren't exactly hideous. |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
32. So maybe that is why civilization started outside of Africa ! interesting .... |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Wow that's a pretty racist comment. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. If that were true then wouldn't "civilization" have started tens of thousands of years earlier than |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. I'm only going to go into a little of what's wrong with your post. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. WTF? You just promoted the idea that Africans have inferior intellect and physique. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. wow.... |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
33. I am surprised it wouldn't have made it back to southern Africa |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Everyone outside Africa was descended from a small group. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oh, that explains the Tories. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. "Science" Article the above article is based on |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. No kidding... |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. She was soooooooo easy... |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. I've always thought this was probable |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
48. The article has provocative and perhaps uncomfortable implications. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
50. "Neanderthals had sex and had hybrid offspring" and the Tea Party was born. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
54. actually, the Teabaggers are living Examples |
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