Cavemen among us: Some humans are 4 percent Neanderthal

csmon ^ | May 6, 2010 | Pete Spotts

[ckilmer]

A new study concludes that humans mated with Neanderthals 50,000 to 80,000 years ago, leaving traces of the Neanderthal genome in some modern humans.

This picture shows the reconstruction of a Neanderthal woman at the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, Germany, on March 20, 2009. A new study is offering insights into how early humans and Neanderthals were similar and different.

[BenLurkin]

I saw her at WalMart. She was holding up the line.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Blond, strong features. Would she clean up nice?

[Mastador1]

Only 4%, sheesh Al Gore has that beat by a mile!

[NTHockey]

Looks like a teacher I had in high school.

[glorgau]

Couple or three beers and I’d hit it.

[no-to-illegals]

How did you get a picture of Mom?

[Verginius Rufus]

Chimpanzees are "closet living relatives" to humans?

When are the gay activists going to get busy trying to persuade chimps to "come out"?

[no-to-illegals]

Don’t hit Mom, please!

[Hang'emAll]

The giant Russian boxer must be a close relative.

[RipSawyer]

Looks like a MAN I used to know.

[meadsjn]

Looks like Eleanor Clift.

[mountainlion]

Even 50,000 years ago there would be less than 1% DNA trace. This author is just ignorant. My Great Great Grandmother only gives me 12.5% of her genes so my 4th great grandparents would give me about 3%. That is a long way form 50-80 thousand years ago.

[sten]

in unrelated news, polls indicate homosexuals account for 2-4% of the population

[luvbach1]

...the "hard out-of-Africa hypothesis" in which a small group of anatomically modern humans migrates from Africa "and replaced everyone else in the world.

That's what black racists have seized upon (and corrupted) to claim the white man and all his trappings of civilization are owed to the black man and his culture.

[luvbach1]

The researchers found that 99.7 percent of the Neanderthal genome is identical to modern humans. Both Neanderthal and modern human genomes are 99.8 percent identical to that of chimpanzees.

Let me see, that means modern humans are more closely related to chimpanzees than to Neanderthals.

[luvbach1]

I’ve definitely seen her spittin’ image. And she probably was spittin’.

[Noob1999]

.................A few anatomically modern humans mated with Neanderthals, likely in North Africa or the Middle East as modern humans initially were moving out of Africa, the researchers say......................

Maybe they should do some serious follow-up
using present day muzzies. Perhaps they will
find a strong bond with early cave men!

[jonsie]

How do you know it’s a she?