Kangaroos 'are closely related to humans'

Daily Mail ^ | Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

Humans and kangaroos are close cousins on the evolutionary tree sharing a common ancestor 150 million years ago, according to Australian researchers. Scientists have mapped the genetic code of the Australian marsupials for the first time and found large chunks of DNA are the same. 'There are a few differences, we have a few more of this, a few less of that, but they are the same genes and a lot of them are in the same order,'  said Jenny Graves, director of the Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics. 'We thought they'd be completely scrambled, but they're not. There is great chunks of the human genome which is sitting right there in the kangaroo genome,' she added. Humans and kangaroos last shared an ancestor 150million years ago, the researchers found, while mice and humans diverged from one another 70 million years ago. They believe kangaroos first evolved in China, but migrated across the Americas to Australia and Antarctica. 'Kangaroos are hugely informative about what we were like 150 million years ago,' Graves said.

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[omega4179]

I read that. Its BS.
Correct title is Humans have more in common with Mice than Kangaroos.

[KarlInOhio]

Humans and kangaroos last shared an ancestor 150 million years ago, the researchers found, while mice and humans diverged from one another 70 million years ago.

So they're one of the farthest mammals, but that is "closely related".

[AmericanVictory]

Isn’t this the sort of thing that makes one hopping mad?

[AmericanVictory]

Isn’t this the sort of thing that makes one hopping mad?

[Hugin]

We'll keep Australia,
wouldn't want to hurt no kangaroo.
We'll build an all-American amusement park there.
They got surfin' too.

[milemark]

I see a new Cap One commercial: “What’s in your pouch?”

[JoeProBono]

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

So they're one of the farthest mammals, but that is "closely related".

Well they are closer than platypuses, and much closer than alligators.

[Northern Yankee]

Calling Captain Kangaroo...

[Northern Yankee]

Hey mate... sounds a bit strange to me.

Maype Rolf Harris could do a ditty about this one!

[SunkenCiv]

Okay, JPB, that pretty much settles it. You’ve got a picture for *everything*. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

I just wallaby offline for the rest of the night when I read stories like this.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Hey mate... sounds a bit strange to me.

Mate, makes perfect sense to me. Lonely Australians left to their own devices...

[RegulatorCountry]

We thought they'd be completely scrambled, but they're not. There is great chunks of the human genome which is sitting right there in the kangaroo genome,' she added.

Sounds like modular design, to me.

[JoeProBono]

All Together Now

[aWolverine]

Evolutionary Biologists Closely Related to Creative Writers

[SunkenCiv]

How Science Is Rewriting the Book on Genes
The Washington Post | November 12, 2007 | David Brown
Posted on 11/12/2007 1:32:15 AM PST by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924453/posts

Now: The Rest of the Genome
The New York Times | November 10, 2008 | Carl Zimmer
Posted on 11/10/2008 7:54:59 PM PST by Soliton
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2129810/posts

[FastCoyote]

What in Jehosaphat is Thattt!!!