Posted on 11/08/2014 4:01:30 PM PST by robowombat
Ancient and Modern Europeans Have Surprising Genetic Connection by Charles Q. Choi, Live Science Contributor | November 06, 2014
There is a surprising genetic unity between the earliest known Europeans and contemporary Europeans, ancient DNA reveals. This finding suggests that a complex network of sexual exchange may have existed across Europe over the past 50,000 years, and also helps to pinpoint when modern humans interbred with Neanderthals, the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, the researchers said.
The origin of contemporary Europeans continues to be debated. The modern human ancestors of contemporary Eurasians are believed to have left Africa about 50,000 to 60,000 years ago, but how these earliest Eurasians contributed to the modern European gene pool remains unclear.
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the nation that fights and drinks together stays together. lol.
Something I learned tonight that I never knew: Both Gen. Grant and Gen. Sherman were redheads. The team of “Drunk and Crazy” that won the civil war were both gingers.
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kinda figures lol
Thanks afraidfortherepublic.
- Europeans drawn from three 'tribes'
- Europeans drawn from three 'tribes'
- Europeans descended from three ancient tribes
- Europeans drawn from three ancient 'tribes'
- Ancient DNA shows earliest European genomes weathered the Ice Age
The Neandertal Enigma"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]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
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