Neanderthals R Us

[Qoais]

Neanderthal genes 'survive in us'

Neanderthal genes 'survive in us'


By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News

Many people alive today possess some Neanderthal ancestry, according to a landmark scientific study.
The finding has surprised many experts, as previous genetic evidence suggested the Neanderthals made little or no contribution to our inheritance.
The result comes from analysis of the Neanderthal genome - the "instruction manual" describing how these ancient humans were put together.
Between 1% and 4% of the Eurasian human genome seems to come from Neanderthals.
But the study confirms living humans overwhelmingly trace their ancestry to a small population of Africans who later spread out across the world.
   
 [Neanderthals] are not totally extinct, in some of us they live on - a little bit 
Professor Svante Paabo
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
The most widely-accepted theory of modern human origins - known as Out of Africa - holds that the ancestors of living humans (Homo sapiens) originated in Africa some 200,000 years ago.
A relatively small group of people then left the continent to populate the rest of the world between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
While the Neanderthal genetic contribution - found in people from Europe, Asia and Oceania - appears to be small, this figure is higher than previous genetic analyses have suggested.
"They are not totally extinct. In some of us they live on, a little bit," said Professor Svante Paabo, from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.
Professor Chris Stringer, research leader in human origins at London's Natural History Museum, is one of the architects of the Out of Africa theory. He told BBC News: "In some ways [the study] confirms what we already knew, in that the Neanderthals look like a separate line.
"But, of course, the really surprising thing for many of us is the implication that there has been some interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans in the past."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8660940.stm

[Cira]

Well, that would explain George Bush, Dick Cheney and the Teabagger movement. 

[Bob137]

I have also read on this, and it states that there is no actual proof, that this is speculation, but that it is very possible that the markers do link us together, or maybe just some of the people. It is possible that only some of the people have these markers, and not all, that some are descendant mixes from Neanderthal and humans, and some may not be. Also if you really look at many people, some do seem to have the neanderthal traits and looks, while others do not. Maybe that is what was meant by the Mark of Cain, was the Neanderthal mix.

[Skinwalker]

Neanderthals actually are far more sophisticated than have been given credit for.  They had their own culture, buried their dead and made crafts.  An argument has even been made recently that they were more peaceful than us, which is why they were the ones killed off.

[archaeologist]

that would explain George Bush, Dick Cheney and the Teabagger movement.

funny.

Neanderthals actually are far more sophisticated than have been given credit for.  They had their own culture, buried their dead and made crafts.  An argument has even been made recently that they were more peaceful than us, which is why they were the ones killed off.

i do not believe that there was a neanderthal race or society. they were just human like any of us andhad the same desires, fears etc as all modern people. in fact i do not believe one word about seperate races because the scientists proclaiming such are biased, influenced wrongly,  never observed these people when they had flesh and bone and were alive, plus have no written records to corroboorate their conjecture.

it is very easy to create something when there is no one or material record inexistence to say other wise.