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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on April 21, 2010, 04:00

Title: Neanderthals may have interbred with humans
Post by: sam on April 21, 2010, 04:00

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Archaic humans such as Neanderthals may be gone but they're not forgotten — at least not in the human genome. A genetic analysis of nearly 2,000 people from around the world indicates that such extinct species interbred with the ancestors of modern humans twice, leaving their genes within the DNA of people today.

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100420/full/news.2010.194.html

That explains 'up north' then.... 

Title: Re: Neanderthals may have interbred with humans
Post by: Clive on April 21, 2010, 09:03

 :pmsl:  There was a series of fiction books during the late eighties with that very theme!   ;D

Title: Re: Neanderthals may have interbred with humans
Post by: Rik on April 21, 2010, 09:20

 :laugh:

Now we know where all the bouncers come from.  ;D

Title: Re: Neanderthals may have interbred with humans
Post by: Simon on April 21, 2010, 11:09

And union leaders.  ;D

Title: Re: Neanderthals may have interbred with humans
Post by: Rik on April 21, 2010, 11:09

:lol: