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Scientists Map Neanderthal Genome

Posted by timothy on from the first-draft-means-they-can-still-send-it-back dept.

goran72 writes "In a development which could reveal the links between modern humans and their prehistoric cousins, scientists said they have mapped a first draft of the Neanderthal genome. Researchers used DNA fragments extracted from three Croatian fossils to map out more than 60 percent of the entire Neanderthal genome by sequencing three billion bases of DNA."

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  1. Re:what if by arogier · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, maybe the zoo can take care of my student loans if I have enough neanderthal markers in my personal genome.

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  2. Re:what if by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should not be in the zoo. No, you should not be in the zoo. With all the things that you can do, the circus is the place for you.

  3. Re:Wonder where the stories about trolls come from by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wonder where the stories about trolls come from?

    Here?

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  4. Re:Ethics and cloning by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    What would you do? Keep them in a lab? How would you justify that?

    Public safety.

  5. Scientists Map Neanderthal Genome by R.D.Olivaw · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nice, when will it be available for TomTom?

  6. Re:Ethics and cloning by darinfp · · Score: 2, Funny

    "What would you do? Keep them in a lab? How would you justify that?"

    "Pubic safety"

    There, fixed that for you. You sick greedy bastard....

  7. Obligatory ID angle by olman · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder what IDers claim neanderthals are supposed to be. Beta versions?

  8. Why use fossils? by Benfea · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't they just get a DNA sample from the nearest redneck?

  9. Re:Ethics and cloning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    or that their understanhood of language wasn't enough good.