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Neanderthal Genes Found In All Non-African Populations

Posted by Soulskill on from the bumping-really-uglies dept.

Med-trump writes "Neanderthals, whose ancestors left Africa about 400,000 to 800,000 years ago, evolved in what is now mainly France, Spain, Germany and Russia, and are thought to have lived until about 30,000 years ago. Now scientists have identified a piece of Neanderthal DNA (called a haplotype) in the human X chromosome and conclude that this haplotype is present because of mating between our ancestors and Neanderthals. The study was published in the latest issue of the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution."

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  1. Re:Won't quiet the racists by drinkypoo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It is pretty awesome though to know scientifically that Africans are the only ones whose ancestors didn't mate with genetically "inferior" stock... or at least, they didn't have any children that lived.

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  2. Re:Someone needs to check. by Khyber · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Speaking as a gay man, your joke sucks like your mom, messy and aimless.

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