Posted on 02/10/2010 1:31:13 PM PST by JoeProBono
DNA analysis of human hair preserved in Greenland's permafrost has given clues as to what the owner looked like.
A study, published in the journal Nature, says the individual's genome is the oldest to have been sequenced from a modern human.
The researchers say the man, who lived 4,000 years ago, had brown eyes and thick dark hair, although he would have been prone to baldness.
They say the genome also shows that his ancestors migrated from Siberia.
The man has been named Inuk, which means "human" in the Greenlandic language.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
“That didn’t take long”.....
As well it shouldn’t!
Maybe in 'Urban Greenlandic' but not in the Queen's Greenlandic. Inuk (pronounced een-yuk-click-click-click) most closely translates to 'frozen testicle'. I guess that could still apply here and could explain the look on his face.
Let's see how they do with ten random hair samples taken today. Let them draw their pictures and compare with real photographs.
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What a great suggestion. Bet they will never take you up on such a challenge.
I thought the same thing. Let’s have some cross proof.
Well, the scientific method’s not what it used to be, after all look at all the proof for global warming:)
But that third picture prob is spot on.
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