Neanderthal Genome to be Sequenced

Aneurysm writes "A project launched by the Max-Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology will sequence the genome of Neanderthal man. The sequencing project may find out important information, such as whether they cross-bred with modern humans. Previous DNA tests have tested this theory, and found it unlikely. Could this be the start of a Pleistocene park?"

Comments

Re:I hope they clone a Neanderthal

[Anonymous Coward]

That's doubtful. Neanderthals and Europeans co-existed for a maximum of 15,000 years. That's a long time. If they could figure out how to make a spear, they could easily figure out how to throw them if at least in immitation of humans.

Neanderthals were far, far physically stronger, so they would've been quite capible of using them.

Re:back problems

[PakProtector]

Gravity is more than just a theory. We can perform an experiment and prove it. Gravity can be observed. Evolution is different. We have not observed it happening and have not been able to perform an experiment to prove it. Gravity and Evolution are not comparable in the way you suggest.

The hell they aren't. Bacteria evolve in a course of mere days and weeks in petri dishes in labs.

And Gravity is nothing more than a theory: Like everything else, the theory of gravity was designed to explain why something happened.

The theory of evolution was designed to explain why something happened (namely, speciation.)

Please, do some damn research next time before bashing a theory.