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Human ancestors interbred with related species
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| 09-05-2011
| Matt Kaplan
Posted on 09/08/2011 5:17:24 PM PDT by Renfield
Our ancestors bred with other species in the Homo genus, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1. The authors say that up to 2% of the genomes of some modern African populations may originally come from a closely related species.
Palaeontologists have long wondered whether modern humans came from a single, genetically isolated population of hominins or whether we are a genetic mix of various hominin species.
Last year, an analysis comparing the Neanderthal genome sequence to that of modern H. sapiens showed that some interbreeding did take place between the two species in Europe some time between 80 and 30,000 years ago and that, to a certain extent, Neanderthals 'live on' in the genes of modern humans2.....
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TOPICS: History; Science
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posted on
09/08/2011 5:17:31 PM PDT
by
Renfield
To: SunkenCiv
2
posted on
09/08/2011 5:18:08 PM PDT
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield
Have a look around. We still do.
3
posted on
09/08/2011 5:19:59 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Renfield
Put a little make-up on an orangutan, and off you go to a hotel room. Makes sense. Bob
4
posted on
09/08/2011 5:20:03 PM PDT
by
alstewartfan
("And your oarsman stands with his knife in hand, and his eyes spell 'Mutiny'" Al Stewart)
To: Renfield
Talk about a political correctness nightmare...
5
posted on
09/08/2011 5:21:19 PM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: Moonman62
Happens all the time.
6
posted on
09/08/2011 5:21:48 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: Renfield
To: Renfield
keep an eye on certain taverns about closing time, and you’ll see proof of this
8
posted on
09/08/2011 5:22:02 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Renfield
interbreeding did take place between the two species in Europe some time between 80 and 30,000 years ago There were Neanderthals eighty years ago?
9
posted on
09/08/2011 5:23:54 PM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Renfield
You mean to say that we are all mutts?
Ruff!
10
posted on
09/08/2011 5:24:00 PM PDT
by
YHAOS
(you betcha!)
To: Renfield
That is how we ended up with liberals - making love to monkeys.
11
posted on
09/08/2011 5:25:46 PM PDT
by
WMarshal
(Where is the next Sam Adams?)
To: Renfield
So Cain slew Able, then trotted off into the hinterlands and hooked up with another upright being?
12
posted on
09/08/2011 5:26:59 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: bigbob
keep an eye on certain taverns about closing time, and you’ll see proof of thisYa' mean "She was a "two at ten" and a "ten at two"?
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posted on
09/08/2011 5:29:07 PM PDT
by
laweeks
To: Renfield
Our ancestors bred with other species in the Homo genus If we could inter-breed with them, then they were not a different species, per the definition of species. They were just other races of Man.
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posted on
09/08/2011 5:30:03 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(When you've only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)
To: Renfield
Our ancestors bred with other species in the Homo genusAmazing what they can come up with without a single solitary shred of evidence.
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posted on
09/08/2011 5:31:27 PM PDT
by
laweeks
To: Renfield
ok. well.
...the reconstructions of java man look chinese, and the reconstructions of australopithicus look black, and the reconstructions of neandertals look white.
I don’t know if that proves anything though.
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posted on
09/08/2011 5:34:51 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: Renfield
I’m an ape man
I’m an ape ape man
I’m an ape man.
To: Renfield
Reminds me of the old, old joke about a group of castaways, all men, on a island inhabited only with numerous gorillas, the punch line was:
“Yes, I did it too, but you picked an ugly one.”
18
posted on
09/08/2011 5:38:58 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)
To: Renfield
So ancient humans like Cro-Magnon were getting it on with Neanderthals and Modern Man was the resulting non sterile Mule?
Makes sense,often the mutt is stronger than both parents and eventually supersedes them.
Or UFOs landed in East Africa 500,000 years ago and the highly advanced ETs had some shore leave fun with the local hominids. "Hey sailor! Want to meet my sister?"
19
posted on
09/08/2011 5:40:36 PM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("11/4/2008: The day America elected a pyromaniac in the middle of a fire storm.")
To: smokingfrog
I’ve seen these guys before.
Are they for real and does anyone know the story behind them?
20
posted on
09/08/2011 5:40:48 PM PDT
by
freejohn
("Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." --- Mark Twain)
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