Neanderthals and Humans Diverged 660K Years Ago 128
Death Metal Maniac writes "The team analyzed the DNA of 13 genes from Neanderthal mitochondria and found they were distinctly different from modern humans, suggesting Neanderthals never, or rarely, interbred with early humans. The genetic material shows that a Neanderthal 'Eve' lived around 660,000 years ago, when the species last shared a common ancestor with humans. Neanderthal brains were on average larger than those of modern humans."
Analyzing DNA (Score:4, Funny)
...so easy, a caveman could do it!
Best Buy (Score:5, Funny)
The Neanderthal genes are alive and well and working in the consumer electronics department of your local Best Buy.
Re:Best Buy (Score:4, Funny)
Yes
OMG!!! In just six years.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:660K years vs. 10K? (Score:1, Funny)
Here's a funny thought. They DIDN'T go extinct. They just got fed up with this planet.
So, they constructed a generation ship in orbit, disassembled all traces of their civilization and vamoosed. They're out in the OORT cloud somewhere, trying to decide whether they're going to continue on to Proxima or return to Earth and whoop ass.
I hope they come back. I get bored sometimes.
Re:OMG!!! In just six years.... (Score:5, Funny)
Bah, 640K is enough for everyone.
that's impossible! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:OMG!!! In just six years.... (Score:5, Funny)
good math, sir.
Did you use a neanderthal calculator when you turned 6k into 6?
Re:660K years vs. 10K? (Score:5, Funny)
The last traces of the neanderthal is about 30,000 years ago.
So, would you call the neanderthal's situation an Epoch Fail?
Re:that's impossible! (Score:4, Funny)
that's impossible! the world's only about 6000 years old.
Of course, but time is cyclical. There have been many Creations and Armageddons in the past. So what this means is that 110 universes ago, Neanderthals and Humans were related.
Re:OMG!!! In just six years.... (Score:3, Funny)
6k is equal to 6 for very... very, very, very large values of 6.
Re:Are They Disavowing Their Ancestry? (Score:5, Funny)
Or that is just how FSM made them.
And that, children... (Score:4, Funny)
Best Buy / Geek Squad (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, I resent your insensitive remarks about Best Buy employees being Neanderthals.
Some of us belong to Homo Habilis!
Re:660K years vs. 10K? (Score:2, Funny)
Remind me to introduce you to my boss sometime.
Re:Are They Disavowing Their Ancestry? (Score:3, Funny)
My brother and I have a common ancestor in my maternal grandfather, for example, but our "last shared" common ancestor would be our mother (or father).
Well, at least your mother. Maybe not your father(s).
Re:Are They Disavowing Their Ancestry? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh come on. They probably had the same mailman for those two years.
Neanderthals and Humans Diverged 660K Years Ago
Odd, given the Earth is only 8000 years old and that Neanderthal (isn't it Neander t al now?) bones are planted by the Devil to deceive us.
Re:that's impossible! (Score:4, Funny)
"There have been many Creations and Armageddons in the past."
Damned Hindu fundamentalists are ruining the internet!