Recreation of Neanderthal child.
Professor George Church of Harvard Medical School is looking for an “adventurous” woman to give birth to a baby Neanderthal. It sounds like the plot of another Jurassic Park sequel, but the request is actually part of Professor Church’s real-life plan to bring our long-extinct relative back to life.
Did Neanderthals and Humans Share The Planet At The Same Time?
So, remember a few weeks ago when new genetics research challenged the accepted idea that humans and neanderthals had never knocked boots? Back then, we mentioned that we were waiting to hear from Svante Pääbo, a hominid genetics expert who was due to publish his findings from sequencing the neanderthal genome. The Pääbo data would be the key to clearing up this ancient soap-operatic mystery.
This week, Pääbo weighed in and the answer looks pretty clear: If your ancestors are from anyplace other than Africa, you’ve got a little neanderthal in you. And so did your great-great-etc. grandma…
Continue reading… “Hot Human-On-Neanderthal Action: A Scientific Update”
Most of us have some Neanderthal genes in our DNA.
Scientists have discovered that most people have a little bit of Neanderthal man in them. A major DNA study suggests that our ancestors interbred with the Neanderthals at least twice tens of thousands of years ago – and that their genes have been carried down the millennia ever since.
Continue reading… “We May All Have a Little Bit of Neanderthal Man in Us”
That’s the provocative title of an article in this month’s Archaeology magazine exploring the scientific, legal, and ethical considerations involved. Extensive information about the Neanderthal genetic code is available, and the technologic problems can apparently be overcome. Questions remain about how the process might best be accomplished, and whether it should be done at all.
Continue reading… ““Should We Clone Neanderthals?””
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