Neanderthals and Humans May Have Had Sex for Millennia: Study
Source: NBCNews
Neanderthals went extinct in Europe about 40,000 years ago, giving them millennia to coexist with modern humans culturally and sexually, new findings suggest. This research also suggests that modern humans did not cause Neanderthals to rapidly go extinct, scientists added. Neanderthals are the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, and lived in Europe and Asia. Recent findings suggest that Neanderthals were closely related enough to interbreed with ancestors of modern humans about 1.5 to 2.1 percent of the DNA of anyone outside Africa is Neanderthal in origin.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/neanderthals-humans-may-have-had-sex-millennia-study-n185311
And here I thought one was supposed to call a doctor after 4 hours.
rug
(82,333 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)WestCoastLib
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Kennah
(14,234 posts)rpannier
(24,326 posts)The first chimpanzee/human divergence
He is the result of only the undesirable genetic markers surviving
yurbud
(39,405 posts)rpannier
(24,326 posts)jmowreader
(50,527 posts)Now, from what I remember, about ten years ago Texas A&M scientists found what they believed was the "missing link" between man and ape. To test the theory they needed to breed her to a human. None of the Aggies wanted to have sex with her, so they decided to hire someone and put an ad in the Waco Tribune-Herald: "$50,000 To Mate With Ape."
The next day Ted Nugent called.
"Now son, I've got three requirements before I help ya with your little science project."
'Let's hear 'em.'
"First, none of my wives must ever know."
'We can do that."
"Second, the children must be raised Republican."
'We can do that too.'
"And if I can pay it off in installments, I'm definitely interested."
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)Humans have a long history of boning anything and everything they can.
knightmaar
(748 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)"petite almost-woman seeks mate.
Must have a BIG club"
longship
(40,416 posts)That was Homo sapiens sapiens.
Neanderthals had art of some sort, but there are no known cave paintings.
And human ancestors also mated with chimp ancestors for a while. Hot monkey love!
(N.B., I know chimps are apes and not monkeys. But who can resist the phrase, Hot monkey love.)
littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)ruffburr
(1,190 posts)is: That explains alot
littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)My First marriage.
Nay
(12,051 posts)VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)d_r
(6,907 posts)I thought the same joke! I was disappointed and yet delighted to see you made it.
d_r
(6,907 posts)"...about 1.5 to 2.1 percent of the DNA of anyone outside Africa is Neanderthal in origin. "
littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)After all we've been through recently and you could have blamed obama.
-lower case o intentional.
J/K
~Lmsp
Steerpike
(2,692 posts)I'm sure Neanderthals were kind and insightful in their own way.
littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)That is truly sweet. N/J
I'm glad to see you!
sarge43
(28,940 posts)Among other things we have evidence that they cared for their injured and elderly which puts them light years ahead of Republicans.
raccoon
(31,105 posts)mac56
(17,564 posts)Small town on a Saturday night.
RKP5637
(67,083 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)Everywhere.
I had a boss that used to say...
The masses are asses.
But now I know what they really are.
Evil agitators bused in from out of town.
Love, Peace and the Righteous Fight!
~ Lmsp
flamingdem
(39,308 posts)dumb but voluptous/strong and good looking?
elias49
(4,259 posts)Kind of makes me wanna go back
littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)LOL!
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Something about "the sons of Gods* saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose."
Some might say it was God singular but in Hebrew the word is Elohim, plural.
A little von Daniken there, just for fun.
littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)roamer65
(36,744 posts)They were much more intelligent than baggers.
daleo
(21,317 posts)Talk about going at it. I thought all-nighters were impressive.
littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)The moaning.
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)pscot
(21,024 posts)because we were screwing them? that's quite an intellectual leap by the anthropology department.
are there any women on this team?
flamingdem
(39,308 posts)when they're being dragged around by their ponytails
mopinko
(69,981 posts)oy. my daughters.
littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)My fantasy is to have a sex partner strong enough to grab me by the ankles and flip me in the bed.
If I have to endure the hair drag by pony tail to get that ...
I'm all in.
~ pardon the pun~
sarge43
(28,940 posts)Because together we produced fertile offspring as proven by DNA analysis. As the OP noted, individuals whose distant ancestors migrated from Africa are likely to have Neanderthal DNA.
My husband and I have had our DNA analyzed and we both have the typical 2.5% Neanderthal mix. We both have above average IQs, no arrest records and vote Democratic.
Dinosaurs didn't entirely die out; some became birds. The same process with Neanderthals; some became us.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/decoding-neanderthals.html
NickB79
(19,219 posts)Lodestar
(2,388 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)Now does this mean I have to find a better boyfriend?
~Scratches chin
~Flips hair
~Applies lipstick
~Checks manicure
candelista
(1,986 posts)Low sloping forehead, weak chin, thick brow ridges. Everyone knows someone like this. Maybe some people have a larger share of Neanderthal genes for facial features.
Neanderthal genes for moral qualities would probably be a good thing. Archaeologists tell us that they were pretty nice people, who took care of disabled people all their lives, and buried their dead with flowers.
littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)How did the dead get in this. Don't drag them in. They had nothing to do with it.
Love, Peace and Shelter.
~ Lmsp
FlaGranny
(8,361 posts)blond and red hair were passed down from Neanderthals too. I'm a little too hairy for a lady and I joke that it's my Neanderthal genes (which it probably is).
rpannier
(24,326 posts)nlkennedy
(60 posts)It is fascinating, though. Neanderthals were forest oriented hunters and their physiology showed it..
They depleted while the forests were eaten by the ice age...should've learned to haul ass on the plains like homo sapiens..
packman
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God, how naive - dinos with a white, bikini clad Raquel back 1,000,000 years ago. Wish I could go back to that acceptance of fantasy as truth.
littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)Science is tricky, but good genes remain evidentiary. She is proof.
Love, Peace and Shelter.
Lmsp
Xithras
(16,191 posts)Is it really such a shock to find that some may have been interested in this:
or this:
?
A neanderthal in modern clothing could walk down the street of any major American city and wouldn't get a second glance from the people it passed. They weren't homo sapiens, but they WERE human.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)Stripper names are Hot Sauce and Honey?
NickB79
(19,219 posts)VanGoghRocks
(621 posts)I think I'm sophisticated
'Cos I'm living my life like a good homosapien
But all around me everybody's multiplying
Till they're walking round like flies man
So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages
In the zoo man
'Cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees
I am an ape man
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized
'Cos I'm a strict vegetarian
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation
And the crazy politicians
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man
[Chorus]I'm an ape man I'm a King Kong man I'm ape ape man
I'm an ape man
'Cos compared to the sun that sits in the sky
Compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies
I am an ape man
In man's evolution he has created the cities and
The motor traffic rumble, but give me half a chance
And I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle
'Cos the only time that I feel at ease
Is swinging up and down in a coconut tree
Oh what a life of luxury to be like an ape man
I'm an ape, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man
I'm an ape man
I look out my window, but I can't see the sky
'Cos the air pollution is fogging up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive
And make like an ape man
[Bridge]Come and love me, be my ape man girl
And we will be so happy in my ape man world
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man
I'm an ape man
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
And we'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day
Just like an ape man.