Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:16 PM

Neanderthals Had Shallow Gene Pool, Study Says

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

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14 replies	Author	Time	Post
Neanderthals Had Shallow Gene Pool, Study Says (Original post)	Joey Liberal	Apr 2014	OP
All Eurasians have neanderthal genetic lineage	BlindTiresias	Apr 2014	#1
And yet, teabaggers are still with us.	OffWithTheirHeads	Apr 2014	#2
It is insulting to the Neanderthals to blame them for republicans	Joey Liberal	Apr 2014	#4
Howler Monkeys	libodem	Apr 2014	#13
Informative article. Thanks for posting.	John1956PA	Apr 2014	#3
Thanks! nt	Joey Liberal	Apr 2014	#5
3.1% Neanderthal here. Bite me.	nolabear	Apr 2014	#6
LOL	Joey Liberal	Apr 2014	#7
Just for you...	pipi_k	Apr 2014	#14
The Palin family pretty much substantiates that hypothesis.	11 Bravo	Apr 2014	#8
Rush Limbaugh too	Joey Liberal	Apr 2014	#10
IIRC the Basques have the most Neanderthal DNA--and the most Cro-Magnon DNA!	MisterP	Apr 2014	#9
In my neck of the woods, they even still have their own radio station	DFW	Apr 2014	#11
The dates for the 3 samples are all from the last glacial period	muriel_volestrangler	Apr 2014	#12

Response to Joey Liberal (Original post)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:17 PM

BlindTiresias (1,563 posts)

1. All Eurasians have neanderthal genetic lineage

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Response to Joey Liberal (Original post)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:18 PM

OffWithTheirHeads (10,337 posts)

2. And yet, teabaggers are still with us.

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Response to OffWithTheirHeads (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:25 PM

Joey Liberal (5,526 posts)

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

But the republicans came from somewhere!

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Response to Joey Liberal (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 09:57 AM

libodem (19,288 posts)

13. Howler Monkeys

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Response to Joey Liberal (Original post)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:23 PM

John1956PA (1,557 posts)

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.

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Response to John1956PA (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:26 PM

Joey Liberal (5,526 posts)

5. Thanks! nt

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Response to Joey Liberal (Original post)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:28 PM

nolabear (38,266 posts)

6. 3.1% Neanderthal here. Bite me.

Really! I got tested.

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Response to nolabear (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 07:30 PM

Joey Liberal (5,526 posts)

7. LOL

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

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Response to nolabear (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 10:10 AM

pipi_k (21,020 posts)

14. Just for you...

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Response to Joey Liberal (Original post)

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 08:37 PM

11 Bravo (21,590 posts)

8. The Palin family pretty much substantiates that hypothesis.

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Response to 11 Bravo (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 07:07 AM

Joey Liberal (5,526 posts)

10. Rush Limbaugh too

LOL

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Response to Joey Liberal (Original post)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 12:55 AM

MisterP (23,730 posts)

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

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

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Response to Joey Liberal (Original post)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 07:28 AM

DFW (42,315 posts)

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.

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Response to Joey Liberal (Original post)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 09:54 AM

muriel_volestrangler (95,618 posts)

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.

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