Neanderthal Genes Found In All Non-African Populations

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."

Comments

Someone needs to check.

[blair1q]

Someone needs to do a little digging to make sure this isn't just an elaborate piece of GEICO astroturfing.

Re:Someone needs to check.

[jonnythan]

What was that?

I'm sorry, I can't read when 6-digit UIDs post.

Re:Someone needs to check.

[rk]

Eh, sonny? Speak up! My hearing aid batteries have given up, and I need my grandson to take me to Walgreens on account of my rheumatiz actin' up.

Re:Someone needs to check.

[Wyatt Earp]

Quiet down youngster.

Obvious implication:

[Hartree]

I think it's proof that most of us slashdot geeks are such social basket cases even our ancestors had to move to a foreign land and get a neanderthal to date them.

Those slashdotters who are from Africa get a free pass on this one.

Re:Won't quiet the racists

[NoNonAlphaCharsHere]

Or maybe they were just completely assimilated

Yes. Many of them (Neanderthals) are in Congress, even as we speak.

Re:are the neanderthal genes expressed?

[Anachragnome]

Oh, c'mon.

Phrenology is quite useful, and quite possibly the only means of divination that is subject to "real-time" influences.

For instance, If I were to take a tire iron to your head for a few seconds, I would suddenly be able to determine far more information about you, based solely on the bumps in your cranium. I'd know that you were in urgent need of medical care, that you were in possession of a flawed "fight or flight" response mechanism (perhaps an expression of Neanderthal genes...) and that you need to work on your reflexes.

You need an open mind (speaking figuratively, of course) if you are going to participate here at Slashdot.

Re:Won't quiet the racists

[bill_mcgonigle]

>>explain to me why we need that much overlap? i understand the different roles that each branch fills.. but there is zero reason why each of them can't use the same data center.

How do you know Neanderthals were genetically inferior?

Just look at their cave paintings - there were always quoting the last story and forgetting to see if their proper clipboard got pasted.

Re:Won't quiet the racists

[Draek]

The beauty of being an homo sapiens is that I don't need to.