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Neanderthal-human trysts may be linked to modern depression, heart disease
Fox News ^ | 2/12/2016 | Charles Q. Choi

Posted on 02/12/2016 12:47:35 PM PST by sparklite2

Ancient trysts between Neanderthals and modern humans may have influenced modern risks for depression, heart attacks, nicotine addiction, obesity and other health problems, researchers said.

Some of the scientists' discoveries confirm previous ideas. For example, earlier research suggested that Neanderthal DNA influenced skin cells known as keratinocytes that help protect the skin from environmental damage such as ultraviolet radiation and germs.

The new findings suggest that Neanderthal genetic variants increase the risk of developing sun-triggered skin lesions known as keratoses, which are caused by abnormal keratinocytes.

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Mrs. Rock, I understand you were kidnapped, raped, and impregnated by a neanderthal. It must be awful for you.”

“Oh, it’s terrible. He doesn’t write, he doesn’t call ...”


41 posted on 02/12/2016 2:27:56 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: sparklite2

Neanderthal-human trysts may be linked to modern depression, heart disease


Or not.


42 posted on 02/12/2016 2:47:40 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: 240B; 75thOVI; Adder; albertp; asgardshill; At the Window; bitt; blu; BradyLS; cajungirl; ...

Good one for the weekly digest ping, just one day early.
KEYWORDS: neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve

in local libraries
"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]

43 posted on 02/12/2016 2:56:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: sparklite2

That explains Barack's depression. I'd be depressed by a Neanderthal tryst too. What happened to the heart disease though?

44 posted on 02/12/2016 3:00:00 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: sparklite2

This is a lie. Many dinosaurs suffered from depression.


45 posted on 02/12/2016 3:02:28 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: sparklite2

By definition, if the Neanderthals were able to breed with ‘humans’ and produce fertile young, then they were human.


46 posted on 02/12/2016 3:04:36 PM PST by chb
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To: PGR88; SunkenCiv

Wildbill VERY depressed. Miss trysts with Ayla for boom boom VERY much.


47 posted on 02/12/2016 3:06:24 PM PST by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain fInor a murderer, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: wildbill

http://www.google.com/search?q=neandertal+woman&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&tbm=isch


48 posted on 02/12/2016 3:10:16 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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Sterkfontein Caves produce two new hominin fossils
Thu, Feb 11, 2016
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2015-2016/article/sterkfontein-caves-produce-two-new-hominin-fossils

http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2016/02/neanderthal-dna-has-subtle-but-significant-impact-on-human-traits/

[snip] One example is a Neanderthal variant that increases blood coagulation. It could have helped our ancestors cope with new pathogens encountered in new environments by sealing wounds more quickly and preventing pathogens from entering the body. In modern environments this variant has become detrimental, because hypercoagulation increases risk for stroke, pulmonary embolism and pregnancy complications. [/snip]


49 posted on 02/12/2016 3:32:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: sparklite2

“Gotta find a woman. Gotta find a woman!”

/sixties tune


50 posted on 02/12/2016 4:01:33 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: tanknetter

People really think like that?


51 posted on 02/12/2016 4:02:47 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Couldn’t care less.


52 posted on 02/12/2016 4:09:31 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ayla not Neadertal. Ayla blond homo sapiens. Mmmm Mmmm.


53 posted on 02/12/2016 4:19:10 PM PST by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain fInor a murderer, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: sauropod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk


54 posted on 02/12/2016 4:25:21 PM PST by Pelham (Mullah Barack Obama and the Jihad against America)
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To: sparklite2

Who comes up with this rubbish?


55 posted on 02/12/2016 4:25:55 PM PST by uncitizen (TRUMP THE SYSTEM)
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To: sauropod

Her name was Bertha. Bertha Butt.
She was one of the Butt sisters.


56 posted on 02/12/2016 4:26:28 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: sparklite2

I remember that poster who always filled neanderthal threads with scary nocturnal black skinned and furred big eyed monster neanderthal pics. He got the idea from some Australian film maker. I don’t see his posts around any more.


57 posted on 02/12/2016 5:09:58 PM PST by eartrumpet
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To: cloudmountain

Bush I started that damn H-1B visa BS so I wish I could say the POTUS has no affect on my personal life. Same with taxes and the war in the IRAQ I was recalled to active duty so you must live in a vacuum.


58 posted on 02/12/2016 5:19:11 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: cloudmountain; sparklite2; Daffynition; SunkenCiv
Boy are you dating yourself!

Boy, you should date yourself if your she has more body hair than you do.

59 posted on 02/12/2016 6:04:31 PM PST by disndat
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60 posted on 02/12/2016 6:09:12 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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