Posted on 12/15/2018 7:51:23 AM PST by ETL
The shape of your brain may say a lot about the Neanderthal in you.
New research has found that modern humans carrying certain genetic fragments from our closest extinct relatives may have more oblong brains and skulls than other people.
Modern humans possess unique, relatively globular skulls and brains. In contrast, the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, Neanderthals, have the elongated skulls and brains that are typical of most primates.
Previous research had suggested these contrasting skull shapes might reflect differences in the size of various brain regions in modern humans and Neanderthals, and how these brain areas were wired together. "However, brain tissue doesn't fossilize, so the underlying biology has remained elusive," co-lead study author Philipp Gunz, a paleoanthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, told Live Science.
To help solve this mystery, scientists first took CT (computed tomography) scans of seven fossil Neanderthal skulls and 19 modern human skulls. They developed imprints of the interiors of the skulls' braincases and measured their roundness.
Next, the researchers analyzed nearly 4,500 modern humans for whom they had both genetic data and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of their brains.
"We reasoned that if we could identify specific Neanderthal DNA fragments in a large enough sample of living humans, we would be able to test whether any of these fragments push towards a less globular brain shape, allowing us to zoom in on genes that might be important for this trait," senior study author Simon Fisher, a neurogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, told Live Science.
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Where does that put me on the scale?
Nope, don't watch TV.
Guess you understand the relationship between liberals & Neanderthals, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCV6paTXyCU
Damn, that one takes me back. I can still hear my Dad from down the hall, "What the HELL are you listening to?
Funny thing is I have seen more than a few on the opposite end.
Which always made me wonder...
I thought this show was absolutely hilarious !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhFIijFD9kg&list=PL7E083E0782D1A1A6
But I think it made sponsors uneasy with its gentle satire on special minority rights/ privileges, etc. And it was gentle satire, very low key, but made obvious points about the absurdity of it. The writers were probably banned forever from Hollyweird!
I loved the show so much I bought the DVDs. I am probably the only one who did!
Well, hold your oblong head up and carry a big club. Don’t take any dung from the other tribes.
According to post #10 the no-chance-with-her part of the scale...
Wild thing.
;)
Yea I can see where this is going:
Neanderthal are sub human
Most European people carry Neanderthal DNA
Most non European people have no Neanderthal DNA
Thus non European people are superior.
We already know that Europeans are root of all evil in the world. It must be in their DNA.
One documentary I saw was QUITE interesting.
They tested the students in the class for the percentage of Neanderthal DNA.
What blew my mind: the three seriously HOT women, I mean smoking hot blonds and a dark redhead, had far and away the highest percentage.
I mean WTF?
Oh crap, my knuckles should be dragging the ground.
Above Ranch but below Thousand Island
Conversely the Neandertal line has the mighty knobular shape of testes.
Hallelujah!
It’s just a European marker
Biologists have chosen to really waste their time and resources.
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