Neandertal Lives !!

[Beagle]

http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/nea ... -2010.html

It's finally here. Paabo et al have finished their work and John Hawks has just wrote the longest blog of his life. In short, the study shows that between 1 to 4% of our genome is Neandertal. Europeans are probably 4%. I believe that this is probably just the beginning of new information that will be forthcoming, and hopefully the scientific literature will cast HNS in a new light.

Researchers seem to think that mating occurred in the middle east. Anyway there will be many articles about this on the 'net, and we can post as we like.

[Minimalist]

I just want to celebrate today, Beags!

[circumspice]

Not too long ago, anthropologist made the unequivocal statement that there was NO interbreeding between HSS & HSN.

Hah!

Want proof of interbreeding? Look at a pic of Wolpoff.

[Beagle]

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/ ... 95639.aspx

Another article on the HNS genome. Tattersall has been a long time OOA Neanderthal hater. He has been an architect of everything the club has said about HNS in the way of being an ignorant brute. Now he seems to be saying that he knew this all along. Not surprising I guess. 'Spice I agree with you about Wolpoffs appearance. Min, I'm celebrating too.

[Minimalist]

Tomorrow we can start pushing for them to find Erectus DNA.



(But not today!)

[JSteen]

I've stopped by to celebrate with you guys as well.

::fist pump::

[Rokcet Scientist]

I think this calls for a celebratory roach, bros...!
Shouldn't lose perspective, should we?

[Sam Salmon]

Some of the science behind this discovery is mind-boggling!

[Beagle]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100506/ap_ ... thal_genes

My email is full of news about Neanderthal genome today. There are articles about it everywhere you look. Here's one
of them.

[Minimalist]

A good friend of mine (female) just replied to an email I sent her about this and said "I wonder if the sex was consensual?"

Leave it to women!

[Beagle]

Well, Min, we are talking about Neanderthals, so ......

[Minimalist]

That's just what SHE said.

[Rokcet Scientist]

That's just what SHE said.

Who cares what SHE said? She's just a hybrid...

[Minimalist]

Aren't we all?

[Digit]

So Hawkes supports everything we have argued for, OOA initially as a root stock then diversifying to suit the new environments and even some gene flow back into Africa. So Min they were buying tickets both ways as we thought.

"I wonder if the sex was consensual?"

Of course it was tell her. With this great big brute standing over her with his pants around his ankles and a great big club in his hands what female was gonna say no!

Roy.