Neanderthals Had Shallow Gene Pool, Study Says

[Joey Liberal]

Does this explain where republicans came from??? LOL

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Neanderthals were remarkably less genetically diverse than modern humans, with Neanderthal populations typically smaller and more isolated, researchers say.

Although Neanderthals underwent more genetic changes involving their skeletons, they had fewer such changes in behavior and pigmentation, scientists added.

http://news.yahoo.com/neanderthals-had-shallow-gene-pool-study-says-194351499.html

[BlindTiresias]

1. All Eurasians have neanderthal genetic lineage

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. And yet, teabaggers are still with us.

[Joey Liberal]

4. It is insulting to the Neanderthals to blame them for republicans

But the republicans came from somewhere!

[libodem]

13. Howler Monkeys

[John1956PA]

3. Informative article. Thanks for posting.

Here is just one of several interesting passages from the article:

Modern humans are the only humans alive today, but Earth was once home to a variety of other human lineages. The Neanderthals were once the closest relatives of modern humans, with the common ancestors of modern humans and Neanderthals diverging between 550,000 and 765,000 years ago. Neanderthals and modern humans later interbred — nowadays, about 1.5 to 2.1 percent of DNA of people outside Africa is Neanderthal in origin.

[Joey Liberal]

5. Thanks! nt

[nolabear]

6. 3.1% Neanderthal here. Bite me.

Really! I got tested.

[Joey Liberal]

7. LOL

Well, you are living proof that they weren't all republicans .........

[pipi_k]

14. Just for you...

[11 Bravo]

8. The Palin family pretty much substantiates that hypothesis.

[Joey Liberal]

10. Rush Limbaugh too

LOL

[MisterP]

9. IIRC the Basques have the most Neanderthal DNA--and the most Cro-Magnon DNA!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberomaurusian

[DFW]

11. In my neck of the woods, they even still have their own radio station

http://www.radioneandertal.de/

The Neander Valley (German: Neandertal) is less than a half hour drive from where I live.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. The dates for the 3 samples are all from the last glacial period

so isolation in Europe and Siberia isn't surprising; with a colder climate, some spots may have been good refuges, but the land between them inhospitable.