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To: SunkenCiv
The reproduction of how Neanderthals worked shows that it is unlikely that stone flakes used in the tools could have been shaped by accident -- and that our ancestors intentionally 'engineered' stone cores to create tools fit for their jobs.[emphasis added]

I call BS...they were NOT our ancestors...the best data we have at this time says that Asians and Europeans owe between 1.5% and 4% of their genomes to Neanderthals. I had myself tested, and my percentage is 2.7%, compared to the average of 2.6% for my comparator population (northern European).

When I told some of my friends of the Neanderthal finding for me, they all said things similar to "Well, THAT explains a lot." With friends like these...

7 posted on 01/26/2012 8:35:29 PM PST by Pharmboy (She turned me into a Newt...)
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To: Pharmboy

What is the name of the test which determines those percentages for a particular individual?

Does it also tell you where your ancestors were from?


31 posted on 02/04/2012 7:13:24 AM PST by DNA.2012
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