Posted on 08/07/2008 12:37:19 PM PDT by decimon
The bones of a Neanderthal man's skeleton, found during several excavations undertaken in 1856, 1997 and 2000. Researchers announced Thursday that they have sequenced the mitochondrial DNA of a Neanderthal, using genetic material recovered from a 38,000-year-old bone. (AFP/DDP/File/Michael Latz)
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Researchers announced Thursday that they have sequenced the mitochondrial DNA of a Neanderthal, using genetic material recovered from a 38,000-year-old bone.
Scientists said the breakthrough, published in the August 8th issue of the scientific journal Cell, will help resolve lingering questions about the genealogical relationship between the prehistoric hominids and modern man.
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Marrow ping.
So now we’ll know if red hair really did come from Neanderthals.
Hmmm... One would hope, but has anyone mapped the Democratic genome and compared it to Neanderthals? I suspect some disturbing similarities may emerge. ;-)
Modern humans and neanderthals apparently did not interbreed. I went into the issue thinking that there probably was some relationship, judging by the body type of certain regions, but the evidence is pretty conclusive. Neanderthals left Africa half a million years before modern humans, and when Cro Magnons got to Europe, they did not interbreed. Whether they interacted, we don't know, and maybe never will, but my bet is that there were territorial battles that our kind won, and which led to Neanderthals' ultimate demise.
In an’ out before the obligatory Helen Thomas photo...
Well, there's evolution and there's revolution.
May we be spared.
What other (than prehistoric) kinds of neanderthals were there??
Theoretically then they could identify the modern day straight line female descendant since the mitochondrial DNA is passed down exclusively by the mother.
An excellent question for which I have not an adequate answer.
Aflac!
If two animals can breed then they are the same species. If they say Neanderthal and man interbreed then they are saying Neanderthals WERE men.
Men the breed not the sex (smart asses)
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You see one Neanderthal, you've seen them all.
Like the Neanderthals, I’m speechless.
What the DNA says is that Neanderthals and Man did not breed, or at the least, did not have offspring that survived.
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