Where do pigs come in? :)
On 23 October 2013 12:24, Chris de Morsella <cdemorse...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yes... and some very interesting stuff too... It's also interesting also > how > widespread the interbreeding between Neanderthal and Denisovan's appears to > have been based on DNA > Interestingly there now appears to have been at least two separate hominid > species -- including Homo floresiensis i.e. the Hobbits -- that in addition > to the Neanderthal in Europe primarily -- have left a genetic trail in the > heritage of the peoples now living in Micronesia and amongst aboriginal > Australian populations. This is more clear in the case of the Denisovan's > and Neanderthal and we can only speculate whether it also occurred between > homo sapiens and homo floresiensis, but I somehow suspect it happened. > As we become more astute in reading DNA and understanding the larger > sequences that exist in them and their lineages I suspect we will be > finding > other interesting lineages mixed in to our code... and that we are a > hybridized species. > But then is this not the way of nature :) > > Comparing genomes, scientists concluded that today's humans outside Africa > carry an average of 2.5 percent Neanderthal DNA, and that people from parts > of Oceania also carry about 5 percent Denisovan DNA. A study published in > November found that Southeast Asians carry about 1 percent Denisovan DNA in > addition to their Neanderthal genes. It is unclear whether Denisovans and > Neanderthals also interbred. [Other studies seem to indicate that they did] > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/science/gains-in-dna-are-speeding-research > -into-human-origins.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 > > -----Original Message----- > From: everything-list@googlegroups.com > [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russell Standish > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:33 PM > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: HUMANS all come FROM AFRICA: HERPES does not lie > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:28:19AM +1300, LizR wrote: > > I didn't realise there was still much doubt about this. I thought > > studying human DNA had made the out of Africa hypothesis fairly > > robust. (Obviously more confirming evidence will add another sigma, or > > whatever...) > > > > There is some evidence of interbreeding between the H. sapiens that > migrated > from Africa, and the indigenous Neanderthal and Denisovan species. IIRC, > the > indigineous species contributed something like 10% of the genetic code to > the humans from those areas - N to Europeans, and D to some island > populations off Asia. > > So its not quite Out of Africa exlusively, more like mostly "Out of > Africa", > with a small dash of "Multiregionalism". > > But its fascinating what we've learnt just in the last decade. When my son > asked me (for a science assignment) to name a significant scientific > technology, I immediately said "PCR"! > > Cheers > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
