Posted on 03/26/2018 3:35:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
People today of Native American, European, Asian, and North African heritage have Neanderthal DNA in their genomes, with percentages estimated between 1-4 percent. As a result, the majority of people alive today are related to these humans that, as a distinct population, are thought to have gone extinct 39,000-41,000 years ago.
An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has just overcome the problem, allowing for whole genome sequencing of five Neanderthals who lived 39,000-47,000 years ago. The findings, reported in the journal Nature, provide important insights into Neanderthal history before and after they encountered anatomically modern humans.
She and her colleagues took small bone and tooth samples from the remains and ground them into a fine powder. The powder was then treated with a mild, hypochlorite solution that preferentially removed the contaminating DNA.
The remaining genetic material was then sequenced and compared with the other Neanderthal genomes as well as related data for Denisovans and two anatomically modern humans whose lifespans and locations overlapped with those of the studied Neanderthals.
Since there is currently no genetic data available for Homo floresiensis, aka the "hobbit" human from the Indonesian island of Flores, it is not possible to determine how this group was related to Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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At least now we know why the Neanderthals “died out” — they were “integrated!”
Things you can’t research.
I would love to know how IQ correlates to Neanderthal genes. Because I really think they were much more intelligent than we give them credit for. I think the Neanderthal just got bred into homo sapiens over many years. How did they change homo sapiens?
I got 3.2% Neanderthal. I tell my co-workers this is why I have so much trouble with the Xerox machine in the teacher’s lounge.
If the genes that control hair, eye and skin color are preserved in the DNA sample they use those colors.
Otherwise they make their best guess based on other data, imagination, or just plain prejudice.
People today of Native American, European, Asian, and North African heritage have Neanderthal DNA in their genomes, with percentages estimated between 1-4 percent. As a result, the majority of people alive today are related to these humans that, as a distinct population, are thought to have gone extinct 39,000-41,000 years ago.
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I’ve read that the DNA may be conserved from a common ancestor rather than the result of interbreeding.
I am curious as to how the hair and coloring for the Neanderthal model was derived. Was there a well-preserved specimen to work from?
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Law enforcement has captured suspects based on sketches done from nothing but DNA.
The ancient Silk Road carried goods from China to Rome via the Middle East. I would imagine that some babies were fathered along the route by various traders.
A few may have been living in mountainous areas of eastern Russia within the past hundred years, the legendary wild men called Almas.
The Eskimo, Cherokee, Sioux, Navajo, Apache, and the negro tribes of Africa ALL stole the Neanderthal lands and committed genocide against the peaceful Neanderthal’s.
Folks who identified with those wicked groups should be ashamed of their ancestors. Reparations are reqired!
Affirmative Action for those with higher amounts of Neanderthal DNA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarim_mummies
...Notable mummies are the tall, red-haired “Chärchän man” or the “Ur-David” (1000 BCE)...
Many of the mummies have been found in very good condition, owing to the dryness of the desert ... The mummies share many typical Caucasian body features .., and many of them have their hair physically intact, ranging in color from blond to red to deep brown, and generally long, curly and braided
Believe it or not, the late Grover Krantz, best known perhaps as a Bigfoot researcher, studied a "wild man" captured by the Red Army during WWII, in the Caucasus; apparently the guy was incapable of speech. Castings of the footprints were available as well, and K's specialist opinion was that it wasn't a modern human foot, but didn't fit any known Homo or ape, either.
Have these mummies been DNA sequenced?
Whenever I chat up Neanderthal chicks,
my Cro-Magnon gonads keep stalling.
It’s not a bad lick how her brow is too thick,
but that New Jersey accent’s appalling.
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There were thought to be seven extinct humans (includes Neanderthals) until the last couple years when an eighth, the Denisovans were discovered in Siberia.
It is not just the hair and skin color that I wonder about.
The hair color is, I think, the most straightforward to determine from the genes. Skin is not as straightforward, since many non-genetic factors affect color. But what I really wonder about is the assumption that Neanderthals were mostly bald like modern humans. I’m not certain the genetics of the pattern of our fur covering is very well understood. And the most closely related primates are almost completely covered in fur. Yes, I know that humans are not really bald, but most of our fur is pathetically thin and sparse.
Interesting. I’ve had a DNA analysis from ancestry.com, but I haven’t seen any option to have archaic DNA content analyzed.
Excellent question! Wish I had an answer...
Ancestry is the one I used, and the report they gave me looked like a powerpoint presentation for Crayola.
Find their FAQ, and there are instructions on there regarding how to download the raw data file from your DNA. Archive it. That’s the single most important step to take.
Doing the more detailed comparisons involves going to GEDmatch and other sites, setting up an anonymous acc’t, and uploading your data for comparison. More data becomes available all the time because more and more participate, and the calculated geographical origin and whatnot varies over time.
Ancestry’s own matches for me came quite quickly, but the top three or so were people I could recognize through their handles, and all of them were from my grandmother’s side of the family; the top one is a second cousin (I have dozens of those, and we all know each other, that’s the side of the family that’s been having reunions for many generations), the other two are more distant but via grandmother’s dad’s side.
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