by Philadelphia Ponos 84 Replies latest jw friends
Hi Ohiocowboy,
Thanks for posting those links. I find it interesting to see where our ancestors came from. I've long suspected that there was more Neandertal geneology in some peoples than ppl were willing to admit. Now we have the science to prove it.
I have natural red highlights in my hair so I probably fall into that category too, LOL.
Thanks BP! With all of this new-fangled technology, there's no telling what age old questions will be answered!
I was reading about red hair in Neanderthal and it said the genetic components that caused red hair in them are not the same as what causes red hair in homo sapien. I don't know how they know that, or how they would even be able to identify red hair genes that no longer exist, but it was interesting.
NC
That red-haired Neanderthal model above is a sapiens/neanderthal hybrid based on a find in Spain.
Great page:
@ohiocowboy
I don't understand what new information you wanted me to see in those links. The links says that Neanderthal cames out of Africa around 45,000 years ago. Isn't that what was always believed?
The links says that Neanderthal cames out of Africa around 45,000 years ago.
It was a lot further back than that.
That is a good article Botch. Interesting connection with Autism, so forth. I hope they look further into that.
But this article does attribute red hair to Neanderthal. I don't know why this is so interesting to me, but it is. Some recent reading I did said that the genes that gave N. their red hair were not the same genes that gave H. their red hair. Now I have to read even more about it---the original article didn't make sense. I couldn't understand how, without a prototype, one could figure out the traits of a gene.
Anyway---maybe I'll ask my Anthro prof today. I'll finish reading the article after class.
NC
Some recent reading I did said that the genes that gave N. their red hair were not the same genes that gave H. their red hair.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/318/5855/1453.abstract
Same gene, different mutation.
@botchtowersociety
Your right, it said the first modern Europeans left Africa 45,000 years. Apparently the author of the links that ohiocowboy posted believe Neandethals are a different type of human, which is pure nonsense.
