...could not possibly sit on this skull...
That should be obvious to anyone with the slightest sense of proportion.
Posted on 03/04/2009 7:00:22 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
The highly anticipated initial draft assembly of the Neandertal genome was announced at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the United States and at a European press conference.1 This genomic milestone involves approximately 3 billion bases of ancient human (Neandertal) DNA sequenced so far, which is the same amount of DNA contained in one set of human chromosomes or a single genome coverage. This is a major event in the booming scientific field referred to as “paleogenomics,” a discipline that studies ancient DNA and is providing exciting new evidence in support of the recent creation model.
The Neandertal DNA was obtained from bone fragments using advanced isolation techniques developed specifically to remove contamination and alleviate DNA damage associated with ancient DNA. In addition, “next generation” sequencing technology involving new chemistry and instrumentation was used to rapidly produce considerably more DNA sequence data per laboratory run than previous technologies.
The effort to produce an initial 3 billion bases of DNA for the Neandertal genome was led by Dr. Svaante Paabo of the Institute for Anthropology at the Max Planck Research Institute in Germany. It should be noted that future Neandertal sequencing promises to increase the accuracy of the overall DNA sequence, as well as fill in gaps found in the current “rough draft” sequence. All of the DNA sequence will be placed in the public domain (web-based databases) for researchers around the world to freely query, download, and analyze. In fact, researchers at ICR will be using the Neandertal DNA sequence in a variety of research projects investigating the role of the human genome in the creation model.
Evolutionists consider modern humans and Neandertals to be two distinct human species that separated from each other 35,000 to 800,000 years ago. However, within the recent creation perspective, Neandertals and modern humans are not really separate “species,” but represent different human gene pools in time and location.
Consistent with this idea, the genomes are proving to be quite similar. In fact, preliminary findings over the past couple of years support this interpretation, as a variety of genes have been characterized in the Neandertal genome with high similarity to modern human genes. These genes are associated with such traits as pale skin and red hair, type O blood, and high levels of linguistic and mental ability.2, 3, 4 Since evolutionary scientists considered these gene variants to be strictly associated with modern humans, it comes as no surprise that the evidence will once again force “re-explanations.”
The Neandertals essentially represented a unique ethnic group that is now gone due to the same factors that affect modern human populations—factors such as migration, mutation, and interbreeding. Neandertals represent a variant genome from within the created human kind. We predict that future analysis of Neandertal DNA sequence data will add confirmation to creation, but consternation to other origins models.
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...could not possibly sit on this skull...
That should be obvious to anyone with the slightest sense of proportion.
Thanks for the ping!
What? A thousand dollars of FR play dough, or what? Or, is that too much pressure? Maybe we should just make it a fiver of FR play dough. And, what’s the trick here? Are you counting on anyone who trashes Dr. Tomkins’ work to deny that there is any such animal as a Darwinian? OK, I would be five dollars of FR play dough that someone will trash Dr. Tomkins’ work except that someone already has (including you). Too bad, so sad.
As a strong Darwinian, I have no problem with the idea that Neanderthals and modern man were the same species, and interbred recently. I think you guys are right about that. I’ve always assumed Cro Magnon interbred with Neanderthal wherever they did not exterminate them.
I also believe that Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal are both previously undocumented migrations out of the African Rift Valley, like other modern H. sapiens that migrated to Sinai and Aden in the last 100K years.
Creationists keep attacking evolution on petty details. This suggests that the larger evolutionary picture is correct.
What DO need to be filled in — with genome discoveries — are the details of recent human evolution.
Yes, there is evidence of modern-like humans alongside Neanderthal types in Spain, 800,000 years ago. I do not know what that may mean. I understand the Neanderthals were cannibalizing the “modern” humans.
The only way you could get a forehead like the one on that face on a skull like that is if you inflated the scalp with air like a basketball.
The response format, which I haven’t yet mastered, caused me to respond to you. I meant to respond to the thread.
Sorry.
I want to reiterate that the suggestion that H. n. and H. s. DID intrebreed is NOT a setback, not a problem, for the Theory of Evolution. We are arguing about deck chairs here.
We should welcome conflicting evidence about the minute details of the Theory.
By all means, let us “follow the truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.” — Thomas Jefferson
By all means, let’s look at Evolution. Let’s “follow the truth, wherever it may lead”.
I say Darwin nailed the big picture.
egad! do you realize what will happen now?!? ;’)
Neanderthal genome to be unveiled: Draft sequence opens window on human relatives
Nature — 457, 645 (2009) | February 4, 2009 | Rex Dalton
Posted on 02/07/2009 8:31:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2180793/posts
Neanderthals could walk again after discovery of genetic code
dailymail.co.uk | Feb. 12, 2009 | Fiona Macrae
Posted on 02/12/2009 12:35:36 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2184286/posts
A complete Neandertal mtDNA genome
Panda’s Thumb | January 6, 2009 | Jim Foley
Posted on 01/07/2009 4:22:16 PM PST by decimon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2160586/posts
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Probably not ~ ya’ gotta’ draw lines somewhere!
If I am recalling correctly, the average size of Neanderthal’s brain was larger than H. Sapiens. This might implies that they were smarter than us. Lest you feel superior to Neanderthal, the average size of H. Sapiens brain has been decreasing. If you don’t believe this factoid look at the present day Congress.
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