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To: BroJoeK

http://discovermagazine.com/2013/march/14-interbreeding-neanderthals


19 posted on 10/24/2013 2:37:09 PM PDT by donmeaker (The lessons of Weimar will soon be repeated.)
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To: donmeaker
Great link and article, I read the whole thing with much interest.
But it does not support your claim that 20% of Ozzy's ancestors were Neanderthals in the woodshed. ;-)
Indeed, seems to me that would be the article's lead, if true, and indeed would be widely publicized by now.

Instead, the article repeats the now-standard conclusion that Neanderthals are about 2.5% of European & Asian ancestry, or roughly the equivalent of one great-great-great grandpa.

Now that's something new to contemplate, since it appears we are talking about Neanderthal fathers of children who were accepted and raised amongst modern human families...
So, were these Neanderthal men invited in, to live amongst humans -- i.e., as scouts or guides -- or did young human girls run off to, ahem, the woodshed and come home bearing unexpected gifts?
Is it possible that human males are not the only, er ah, indiscriminate members of our species? Ha!

20 posted on 10/25/2013 1:40:36 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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