Posted on 05/07/2010 12:04:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono
The next time you're tempted to call some oaf a Neanderthal, you might want to take a look in the mirror.
According to a new DNA study, most humans have a little Neanderthal in themat least 1 to 4 percent of a person's genetic makeup.
The study uncovered the first solid genetic evidence that "modern" humansor Homo sapiensinterbred with their Neanderthal neighbors, who mysteriously died out about 30,000 years ago.
What's more, the Neanderthal-modern human mating apparently took place in the Middle East, shortly after modern humans had left Africa, not in Europeas has long been suspected.
"We can now say that, in all probability, there was gene flow from Neanderthals to modern humans," lead study author Ed Green of the University of California, Santa Cruz, said in a prepared statement.
That's no surprise to anthropologist Erik Trinkhaus, whose skeleton-based claims of Neanderthal-modern human interbreedingpreviously contradicted with DNA evidenceappear to have been vindicated by the new gene study, to be published tomorrow in the journal Science.
"They've finally seen the light ... because it's been obvious to many us that this happened," said Trinkaus, of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, who wasn't part of the new study.
Trinkhaus adds that most living humans probably have much more Neanderthal DNA than the new study suggests.
"One to 4 percent is truly a minimum," Trinkaus added. "But is it 10 percent? Twenty percent? I have no idea."
Time will tell who is bent on illusions and delusions.
IF what is claimed happened there would be mounds and mounds of Neanderthal bones, and there is NOT. There is no evidence that shows direct lineage or ancestry from a so called Neanderthal of 30,000 years ago to flesh human beings.
Oh and when I used the word ageless regarding how old this earth is, is because there is no way for any one to state with assuredly the literal age of this earth. I do not know how long ago Lucifer that morning star rebelled and this earth became void and without form. I read he garnered himself quite a following back then as well.
I can dig it!...
I mean, in an anthropological sort of way, of course. ;-)
There are mounds and mounds of Neanderthal bones in Europe, the lack of a suitable number of fossil remains is a rather ignorant and lame dodge. There is evidence that shows direct lineage of the “so called” Neanderthal to modern humans, that is what this entire thread is about, the evidence.
Moreover, there is DNA evidence that Neanderthals are not human. So the “so called” Neanderthal is, both by morphology and DNA, distinctly not human.
But if you look for supernatural explanations for physical phenomena there is no reasoning with you because you do not have an outlook based upon reason.
Your inability to deal with evidence is quite indicative of your unreasonable theological outlook.
The so called evidence does nothing of the sort. IT is by human proclamation there is a connection... simply because of similarity in DNA. Wonder now did the DNA describe these apes having green eyes or was that artist rendition just more of the faux data made to delude ape brains.
What is even clearer is that these things are closer related to human beings than any living species.
Science has an explanation that shows how all this data makes perfect sense. But obviously, unless someone works “the morning star” into a miraculous explanation, you are not interested.
Hard to reason with someone who isn't looking for a reasonable explanation, but a supernatural theological explanation. No amount of physical evidence is ever going to convince you that your theological opinion is incorrect, is it?
Still waiting.
There is NOT one shred of evidence of interbreeding. Claiming a so call 'relationship' is pure imagination, as in one descending from an 'garden party' activity.
Science is code word for 'gods' of knowledge claiming interpretation of very limited evidence as meaning what is being claimed as fact.
What can there possibly be to reason? I am required to accept as 'gospel' evolution, because that is the man made standard. Nothing outside of that basic premise is considered as having reason.... But maybe when BamBamKennedy and his administration gets fully implemented these that are without reason might begin to question why they accepted such folly.
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