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?"

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According to my girlfriend...

[esobofh]

I could have easily supplied the necessary sample for testing...

Re:According to my girlfriend...

[Anonymous Coward]

You should promptly club her over the head for suggesting such a thing!

AMAZING ADVANCES IN SCIENCE

[Anonymous Coward]

July 06, 2005: Project to sequence genome of Neanderthal Man begins.
September 3, 2009: Genome of Neanderthal Man sequenced.
March 21, 2012: Neanderthal Man cloned.
April 4, 2015: Neanderthal Man reaches the point of being able to form, in a grunting, slurred speech, individual english words.
April 5, 2015: Neanderthal Man starts blog

Re:AMAZING ADVANCES IN SCIENCE

[Anonymous Coward]

April 6, 2015: Slashdot posts article on Neanderthal blogs.
April 9, 2015: Slashdot posts article on Neanderthal blogs.

Re:AMAZING ADVANCES IN SCIENCE

[AllahsAvatar]

January 20, 2001: Neanderthal Man became persident of the US

ahhh

[ImaLamer]

There is a big difference between knowing how to do something and doing it well. Monkeys (APES!!!) can throw stuff, but they don't really hit their targets often. For apes, it is more of a bluffing technique - "look, I'm thowing this towards you".

There has been a lot of research into the theory that one reason we made it out of our ancient roots is because we threw so well. Not only could we throw rocks and later spears, but we could actually hit our targets. Of course we weren't always that great, and those who weren't died... you know the rest.

Basically, one author put it like this 'Is pitching an evolved skill?'

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.

Re:I hope they clone a Neanderthal

[SysSupport]

so I am still left to wonder why they are gone and we are still here.

Because the Monolith landed on our side of the river.

Wrist Structure

[richyoung]

I read somewhere (Sci. Am.?) about someone trying to teach primates flint-knapping and throwing skills. Turns out that they understand the usefulness of the blade fine and try to create them when they need one, but they're hampered by the skeletal structure of the wrist, which is much stouter because of the need to support body weight while walking. They can't get the little wrist flick that we can that ads so much to throwing. The best an ape can hope for is chucking a rock hard against another one, and looking for sharp edges in the resulting random fragments.

So our ability to walk upright gave us the ability to use projectile weapons (i.e., hunt things faster than we are) AND create edged tools/weapons AND spark fires. Not a bad deal, IMO.