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1 posted on 09/01/2007 9:01:23 AM PDT by Renfield
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To: blam; SunkenCiv

GGG ping.


2 posted on 09/01/2007 9:01:43 AM PDT by Renfield (How come there aren't any football teams with pink uniforms?)
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To: Renfield

OMG, please tell me the GEICO cavemen will not eventually turn into life imitating art.


4 posted on 09/01/2007 9:11:31 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
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To: Renfield

Cool!


5 posted on 09/01/2007 10:20:14 AM PDT by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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"In a groundbreaking study, two Harvard scientists have for the first time extracted human DNA from ancient artifacts."

Excellent news. I wonder what DNA types have been found?

6 posted on 09/01/2007 10:47:04 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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11 posted on 09/01/2007 11:08:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Wednesday, August 29, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Renfield

I read somewhere that Pueblo were descendants of the Anasazi who lived in Canyon de Chelly.

Can DNA be used to trace families back through Pueblo/Anasazi/Central Mexico?

(I was told no by a family ancestry DNA lab.)


15 posted on 09/01/2007 6:07:56 PM PDT by SteveH (First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.)
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To: Renfield

I am so thoroughly unknowlegable in technical science, I doubt I can even ask a valid question.

But, I’m gonna try anyway. How can there be any confidence that the DNA found on the chewed cud is from the cud chewer? The caves have been in existence since the cud was chewed, so it seems safe to assume that others have been in and out of the caves over the many centuries. How do they separate DNA unique to the chewer from all the possible/potential/probable contamination?

I do realize that in such issues, there’s a different level of pristine than what would be required for legal or criminal trial purposes.

I’m not trying to refute or poopoo the development, just trying to get up to speed in the how’s and whatfors.

PS. I’m pretty sure I wont be able to understand any answers but... maybe I can gleen enough hints on where to start reading up.


17 posted on 09/01/2007 11:31:38 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Renfield

While the important news is the DNA recovery, I’m more than a little curious about the chaw and its purpose.

1. Was it, in the words of a modern company, a “mild sweet chew.”

2. Purpose: Was it dietary (Man, I’m starving. Here, chew some cactus.)

3. Purpose: I know that yucca cactus has been made into soap and candles. Were they brushing their teeth or simply extracting material for candles?


19 posted on 09/02/2007 7:20:17 AM PDT by wildbill
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