Scientists Map Neanderthal Genome 229
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."
Re:what if (Score:4, Funny)
Re:what if (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.
Re:Wonder where the stories about trolls come from (Score:5, Funny)
Wonder where the stories about trolls come from?
Here?
Re:Ethics and cloning (Score:2, Funny)
What would you do? Keep them in a lab? How would you justify that?
Public safety.
Scientists Map Neanderthal Genome (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ethics and cloning (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....
Obligatory ID angle (Score:3, Funny)
I wonder what IDers claim neanderthals are supposed to be. Beta versions?
Why use fossils? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ethics and cloning (Score:1, Funny)
or that their understanhood of language wasn't enough good.