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"Really? They managed to get Neanderthal DNS, sequence it, and understand it?" Not sure where you were during the sequencing, but yes, it's happening. http://
by jonnathanson 15y ago
"Really? They managed to get Neanderthal DNS, sequence it, and understand it?"
Not sure where you were during the sequencing, but yes, it's happening.
http://www.eva.mpg.de/neandertal/ http://www.eva.mpg.de/neandertal/
- ars 15y agoThat is pretty impressive. But it was the "understand it" part that I'm surprised about.
- thomasz 15y agoI guess the real question was: Does the sequencing of Neandertal DNA allow us to prove that they had insufficient empathy?
- jonnathanson 15y agoA recent study showed that the modern human genome and the Neanderthal genome are something like 98% identical (I'm making that number up; it's in the paper I read; the exact figure is fairly close to that). The 2% of genes that differ include the genes in modern humans linked to empathy, facial recognition, social aptitude, etc. (We found out which traits these genes are linked to because they are present, but not expressed, in modern-day people with severe forms of autism). If I can ferret out the paper, I'll post a link.
- RobertDole 15y agoEven better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Nrm-M-m14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Nrm-M-m14