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What does it mean to be human? Analysing the genetics of ancient humans
- k__ 10y agoI like this DNA analytics stuff. Did a 23andme that told me I'm Neanderthal, lol. Also ~1% irish :3
- danieltillett 10y agoThis person has little understanding of evolution or genetics. Seems a strange article to post here. To be positive the reason the lactase persistence allele has become very frequent in Northern Europe was not due to a population bottle neck, but due to the small selective effect of being able to extract more nutrition from milk than those without it. The people with the gene had more children (on average) that survived to adulthood and so over a couple of thousand years the allele came to become very frequent in some populations. This is evolution in action.
- iopq 10y ago> Sitting in this ancient home, knowing none of them survived to today, is a poignant reminder of how vulnerable we are – it could so easily have been a Neanderthal woman sitting here wondering about her extinct human cousins. but she just said she's 1% Neanderthal...
- ChemicalWarfare 10y ago>>I am a Londoner, but I’m a little darker than many Englishwomen because my father is originally from Eastern Europe. for a reasonably "scientific" article this is an odd statement. most R1A eastern european crowds - polish, ukrainian, belorussian, latvian, lithuanian generally look "whiter" then their "western european" counterparts.
- danieltillett 10y agoNot if this is code for Roma.