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Mating with Neanderthals Good for Human Health
Discovery News ^ | Friday, June 17, 2011 | Tim Wall

Posted on 06/17/2011 2:29:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals may have given Europeans and Asians resistance to northern diseases that their African ancestors didn't have.

Peter Parham, professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford, recently presented evidence to the Royal Society in London that Europeans gained many of the genes for human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) from neanderthals.

The antigens helped them adapt to diseases in the north much more quickly than would have otherwise occurred.

Comparisons of the human and Neanderthal genomes were conducted by Parham to locate similarities and differences in the DNA of modern human populations and Neanderthals.

Parham found that modern Europeans and Asians have some genes identical to those of Neanderthals. One form, or allele, of the HLA gene, named HLA-C*0702, was found in the Neanderthal DNA. An identical allele is quite common in modern European and Asian populations, but is absent in modern Africans.

A recently discovered species of hominid, or human-like species, from Siberia, called the Denisovans has not yet had its genes sequenced, but Parham believes the peoples of Asia may have gained some of their DNA from them. The allele HLA-A*11 also appears in modern Asians, but not in Africans.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: denisovans; dietandcuisine; emptydna; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; mtdna; multiregionalism; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
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To: tophat9000
Neanderthal Nookie ping!


21 posted on 06/17/2011 3:26:55 PM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: SunkenCiv
Mating with Neanderthal Women Good for Human Health

But Only on Saturday Night

22 posted on 06/17/2011 3:38:00 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
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To: JoeProBono

Gracias!


23 posted on 06/17/2011 3:43:28 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Use it up, wear it out, make it over or do without.)
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To: max americana; dragonblustar

See what you’ve done?!? ;’)


24 posted on 06/17/2011 3:46:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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And if her old man comes home, he’s easy to outrun.


25 posted on 06/17/2011 3:47:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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The Neandertal Enigma
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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]
 

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26 posted on 06/17/2011 3:54:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Mating with Neanderthals Good for Human Health”

Perhaps, but the massive amount of fermented grain liquid necessary for the “grog goggles” beforehand was NOT good for human health.


27 posted on 06/17/2011 3:58:09 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: SunkenCiv

“Hey babe, would you like a margarita to go with that mammoth rib?”


28 posted on 06/17/2011 4:00:30 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Who’s in charge of the “Mating With Neanderthals Ping List” ?


29 posted on 06/17/2011 4:04:20 PM PDT by NYCslicker
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To: SunkenCiv

I’ve been thinking about a Neanderthal pickup bar for years:

JurASSic Park


30 posted on 06/17/2011 4:05:32 PM PDT by NYCslicker
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To: GunsAndBibles

I’d never heard that one, but I’ve never been rejected.


31 posted on 06/17/2011 4:17:26 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: cripplecreek

To clarify, did you make it with Neanderthals during the last days of the ancient global warming?


32 posted on 06/17/2011 4:24:02 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: bert

Yeah I told her I was going out to get some firewood and went to hook up with a hot cro magnon babe in the next cave.


33 posted on 06/17/2011 4:29:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: 1010RD

Yeah, sure - and I’m from the government. I’m here to help you.


34 posted on 06/17/2011 4:53:06 PM PDT by GunsAndBibles (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: dragonblustar

I believe that is “wookie nookie” and mating with it would not be good for your health.


35 posted on 06/17/2011 5:19:06 PM PDT by sjmjax (Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The article is stating that Europeans and Asians (East Asians I believe) are a mix of Neanderthal and early human. More southern clime peoples are descended from pure human stock. Considering how countries like say France and Japan have developed compared to lets say Congo, what other conclusions can we draw from this finding. Do not hold your breath that there will be any study in the relative intelligence of Neanderthals and Humans.


36 posted on 06/17/2011 7:06:09 PM PDT by gusty
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To: SunkenCiv

“Were we really separate species?”

CLEARLY - NO!!!!


37 posted on 06/17/2011 7:37:36 PM PDT by ZULU (Lindsey Graham is a nanometrical pustule of pusillanimous putrescence)
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To: SunkenCiv

38 posted on 06/17/2011 7:43:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Lazamataz

have to add in - teeth brushed - never. bathed? who knows, and what with. teeth present - some. STD’s? all available to her local population group. body/hair vermin? same as std’s.


39 posted on 06/17/2011 9:30:26 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: gusty
" Do not hold your breath that there will be any study in the relative intelligence of Neanderthals and Humans. "

Some think that the Neanderthals had a higher IQ than we do today because they had a bigger brain.

40 posted on 06/17/2011 9:41:25 PM PDT by blam
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