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New ancestor? Scientists ponder DNA from Siberia
Associated Press ^
| Mar 24, 2010
| MALCOLM RITTER
Posted on 03/24/2010 12:16:23 PM PDT by decimon
NEW YORK – In the latest use of DNA to investigate the story of humankind, scientists have decoded genetic material from an unidentified human ancestor that lived in Siberia and concluded it might be a new member of the human family tree.
The DNA doesn't match modern humans or Neanderthals, two species that lived in that area around the same time — 30,000 to 50,000 years ago.
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But "the human family tree has got a lot of branchings. It's entirely plausible there are a lot of branches out there we don't know about."
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(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: denisovans; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; multiregionalism; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
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To: decimon
Thank you for proving my point, jackass...
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03/29/2010 10:24:21 AM PDT
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Mark319
(A society that accepts killing the unborn will eventually accept killing the sick and elderly...)
To: decimon
Do I really have to include “sarcasm’ in such a post...
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03/29/2010 10:32:42 AM PDT
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Mark319
(A society that accepts killing the unborn will eventually accept killing the sick and elderly...)
To: BroJoeK
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posted on
03/31/2010 9:50:07 AM PDT
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Mark319
(A society that accepts killing the unborn will eventually accept killing the sick and elderly...)
To: BroJoeK
Oh, and hey, Buddy, don’t call me “Pal”...
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03/31/2010 9:55:34 AM PDT
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Mark319
(A society that accepts killing the unborn will eventually accept killing the sick and elderly...)
To: Mark319
"Oh, and hey, Buddy, don’t call me “Pal”..." OK, "Buddy," no more Pal for you. ;-)
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03/31/2010 4:35:12 PM PDT
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BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
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