Modern Y-Chromosome Variation Surpasses Archaic Humans (article)

Institute for Creation Research ^ | 5-6-2013 | Jeffrey Tomkins, Ph.D.

[ilovesarah2012]

Then what took so long?

[allmendream]

For what?

[ilovesarah2012]

I thought the Y chromosome does not change frequently, letting scientists trace lineage back very, very far.

[Pharmboy]

My genome is 2.7% Neanderthal, and I also have the brow ridges to back it up. If you’re Asian or European in origin, you have Neanderthal genes. Africans do not have any.

[allmendream]

That is incorrect. The Y chromosome is the fastest changing part of the genome.

The fact that it doesn’t recombine with the X over the majority of its sequence enables it to serve as a good marker of paternal lineage.

[SunkenCiv]

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
in local libraries

"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]