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Cave girl was half Neanderthal, half Denisovan
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| 08/22/2018
| Helen Briggs
Posted on 08/22/2018 1:34:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin
DNA extracted from bone fragments found in the cave show the girl was the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father.
The discovery, reported in Nature, gives a rare insight into the lives of our closest ancient human relatives. Neanderthals and Denisovans were humans like us, but belonged to different species.
"We knew from previous studies that Neanderthals and Denisovans must have occasionally had children together," says Viviane Slon, researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) in Leipzig, Germany.
"But I never thought we would be so lucky as to find an actual offspring of the two groups."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: denisovan; denisovans; godsgravesglyphs; half; helixmakemineadouble; human; humanity; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:34:02 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
Not sure I’m entirely buying this.
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:34:23 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
And built like a Schick brick house! Hubba, hubba!
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:35:11 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: BenLurkin
Neanderthal momma got busy with Denisovian outta town dude. That’s kinda hot... if you’re a Denisovian guy.
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:39:31 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: BenLurkin
Cave jerk and cave slut figured out how to have babies?
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:40:11 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: BenLurkin
She looks kind of Irish to me.
To: BenLurkin
Did someone say “cave girl"?
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:40:36 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: DesertRhino
Heheheh...I was trying to figure out some witty entry there on this subject, but...your post is just fine...:)
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:40:51 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
To: Lazamataz
9
posted on
08/22/2018 1:41:02 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
10
posted on
08/22/2018 1:41:55 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: BenLurkin
Once you go Denisovian, you can never go back.😬
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:43:19 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
To: fishtank
So easy, a caveman could do it...
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:43:52 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Did you mean “it”, or “her?”
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:45:20 PM PDT
by
Pearls Before Swine
("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:46:18 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: BenLurkin
“I’ll sock it to you, Daddy!”
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:47:54 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
Neanderthals and Denisovans were humans like us, but belonged to different species. …
Bit self-contradictory there, no? Antediluvian humans were humans, descended from Adam just like us.
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:47:55 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: BenLurkin
Neanderthal chicks are easy.
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:48:37 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: BenLurkin
“Her name was Bertha, Bertha Butt, she was one of the Butt sisters.”
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:48:39 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
***humans like us, but belonged to different species. ***
Then the offspring would be sterile much like a mule (horse+donkey) is sterile.
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