[decimon]

Bitter harvest ping.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"The sense of bitter taste protects us from ingesting toxic substances"

That describes broccoli to a 'T'.

[wendy1946]

"This indicates that variation in bitter taste perception predates the divergence of the lineages leading to Neanderthals and modern humans," they said.

Humans and neanderthals are unrelated. The neanderthal has been ruled out as a plausible ancestor for modern man simply and precisely because the genetic gulf is too wide and the genetic gap between us and anything preceeding the neanderthal would have been wider. There is precisely nothing on this planet which we could be descended from via anything resembling evolution.

There has never been any "divergence of the lineages leading to Neanderthals and modern humans" and any similarities between us and neanderthals amount to similar design principles having been used.

[TomOnTheRun]

"These (bitter) compounds can be toxic if ingested in large quantities and it is therefore difficult to understand the evolutionary existence of individuals who cannot detect them."

And then there are people like me that not only don't taste the bitter but think the sprouts taste sweet. What sort of evolutionary advantage is it supposed to give me to think that something that might be poisonous is candy?

[a fool in paradise]

Ecoli scare.

[a fool in paradise]

So is there someone who has made a life's work out of examining fossilized neanderthal scat?

"Don't become an archeologist, little girl. You'll just grow up to brush the teeth of old monsters." < /Simpsons >

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks decimon. 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] To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[Condor51]

"The sense of bitter taste protects us from ingesting toxic substances," the report said.

That's a fact.
I can't count the times that's saved me from ingesting cyanide. That bitter almond small is a dead giveaway.

hmmm, maybe I should find new friends?
They always say it was an accident, but I'm starting to have my doubts.

[wildbill]

Is this proof that G. Bush, the Elder, is related to the Neanderthals? As I recall, he stated he hated Brussels Sprouts.

As do I (grunt grunt)