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Then they aren't extinct.

by WalterSear 7y ago

nkozyra 7y ago
No? Neanderthals are certainly classified as extinct.
BurningFrog 7y ago
2.3% Neanderthal Pride checking in!
- 1000units 7y ago
  Women love the brow ridge.
  - BurningFrog 7y ago
    "Brow bros forever!" Of course, that's an outdated stereotype, and women have as much 'thal DNA!
- hanniabu 7y ago
  Put that on your college application and you'll get a free ride so they can meet their diversity quota.
  - haihaibye 7y ago
    The opposite is true - people with Neanderthal ancestry require higher grades for acceptance than those without.
    - inawarminister 7y ago
      Yes. Caucasians and Asians have the highest amount of Neanderthal genes. Isn't it funny how in English, Neanderthal is an insult?
  - digitaltrees 7y ago
    Oh wow. So witty. Really interesting intelligent post. Take that drivel back to 4chan.
- dang 7y ago
  Please don't post flamebait to HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
baddox 7y ago
Do you think that any ancestors of Homo sapiens are extinct?
corodra 7y ago
Yes and no, there's a very blurry line as to when a creature can be called one species and has evolved to another. It's sort of like, you can't state the exact day when a creature has started their "adult" stage of life (including humans). We have arbitrary days, like 18 years old. But from a biological stand point, it's blurry when a person is an "adult". So how much DNA of a species, in another, means it's "that" species. Or is it brand new and different? I mean, technically, we're more related to fungi than we are plants, by quite a bit. But it's easy to differentiate humans from fungi. Still, we're related, relatively speaking compared to plants. Does that make us fungi? Obviously that's bat shit absurd. But just because a lot of homo sapiens have 1%-3% neanderthal in them, that doesn't make them neanderthal. I don't think neanderthals should be taken off the extinction list. The same, we share 85%-92% of dna with mice (this number fluctuates depending on sources). Does that make us mice?

Then they aren't extinct.

nkozyra 7y ago

No? Neanderthals are certainly classified as extinct.

BurningFrog 7y ago

2.3% Neanderthal Pride checking in!

1000units 7y ago
Women love the brow ridge.
- BurningFrog 7y ago
  "Brow bros forever!" Of course, that's an outdated stereotype, and women have as much 'thal DNA!
hanniabu 7y ago
Put that on your college application and you'll get a free ride so they can meet their diversity quota.
- haihaibye 7y ago
  The opposite is true - people with Neanderthal ancestry require higher grades for acceptance than those without.
  - inawarminister 7y ago
    Yes. Caucasians and Asians have the highest amount of Neanderthal genes. Isn't it funny how in English, Neanderthal is an insult?
- digitaltrees 7y ago
  Oh wow. So witty. Really interesting intelligent post. Take that drivel back to 4chan.
dang 7y ago
Please don't post flamebait to HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

baddox 7y ago

Do you think that any ancestors of Homo sapiens are extinct?

corodra 7y ago

Yes and no, there's a very blurry line as to when a creature can be called one species and has evolved to another. It's sort of like, you can't state the exact day when a creature has started their "adult" stage of life (including humans). We have arbitrary days, like 18 years old. But from a biological stand point, it's blurry when a person is an "adult". So how much DNA of a species, in another, means it's "that" species. Or is it brand new and different? I mean, technically, we're more related to fungi than we are plants, by quite a bit. But it's easy to differentiate humans from fungi. Still, we're related, relatively speaking compared to plants. Does that make us fungi? Obviously that's bat shit absurd. But just because a lot of homo sapiens have 1%-3% neanderthal in them, that doesn't make them neanderthal. I don't think neanderthals should be taken off the extinction list. The same, we share 85%-92% of dna with mice (this number fluctuates depending on sources). Does that make us mice?