Study: Neanderthals, humans 99.5% identical

[ericlp]

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The results of a recent study Neanderthal DNA reveals they and humans diverged from a common ancestor about 700,000 years ago, then split into two separate groups about 300,000 years later.

In a detailed analyses, two teams of scientists separately sequenced large pieces of DNA taken from the femur of a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal specimen found in a cave 26 years ago in Croatia. One team sequenced more than 1 million base pairs of the 3.3-billion-pair genome, and the other analyzed 65,000 pairs.

The new studies confirm the Neanderthal's humanity, and show that their genomes and ours are more than 99.5 percent identical, differing by only about 3 million bases.

Hmmm, I wonder if this new discovery will be updated in the intelligent design text books?

 

[Seekermeister]

Neanderthals is a hoax.

 

[Siddhartha]

Humans and chimps have 99% in common.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
Neanderthals is a hoax.

Cause the Bible tells you so?

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
Neanderthals is a hoax.

Cause the Bible tells you so?

Exactly!

 

[jackschmittusa]

Seekermeister

Neanderthals is a hoax.

Boy, I'd sure like to see the logic that arrives at that conclusion.

Care to back up that BS? Or are you as hopeless as you sound?

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: ericlp
Topic Title: Study: Neanderthals, humans 99.5% identical

Waits to see Biblical response by Fundies

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: ericlp
Topic Title: Study: Neanderthals, humans 99.5% identical

Waits to see Biblical response by Fundies

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
Neanderthals is a hoax.

Oh how surprising, didn;t have to wait long :roll:

 

[Thump553]

I remember seeing another article comparing human DNA to some other, apparently unrelated animal (like frog, but I'm not sure) with a surprisingly high DNA match, well over 90% as I recall.

I also remember seeing another article that said scientists have no idea what most of our DNA does, and speculated that it may be leftover junk from prior steps on the evolution trail.

Maybe it all means that all life (on Earth, at least) must have a nearly identical same basic structure in order to survive here.

 

[sandorski]

Some also think that Humans and Neanderthals interbred and that we are both Human and Neandrethal.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
Neanderthals is a hoax.

Are you really going to come in here, tease us with a scientific bombshell like that one, and then not deliver the goods?

Come on, I'm pretty much salivating here in anticipation of seeing the entire world of anthropology turned on its head!

 

[Bumrush99]

The Lord almighty placed that femur bone in that cave on purpose. The Lord almighty decided to test our faith in the Lord almighty by replicating our DNA and setting up this "experiment" under his master to plan to enslave and imprison in hell all the heretics that believe this "scientific" fact which in reality is a test by the Lord.

Those that believe in this phony science will be sent to hell to burn in fire and brimstone for all of eternity for believing this evolution hoax.

Thank you and have a blessed day. God bless you.

 

[Aisengard]

I think all mammals have very similar DNA...mostly the same life functions and organs will do that.

Not surprised to see a close relative of the species homo sapiens be so similar in DNA structure.

 

[fitzov]

Meanwhile, liberals and conservatives are only 0.005% identical.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Aisengard
I think all mammals have very similar DNA...mostly the same life functions and organs will do that.

Not surprised to see a close relative of the species homo sapiens be so similar in DNA structure.

Are you talking about Seekermeister?

 

[DealMonkey]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
Neanderthals is a hoax.

Well played, sir. You never fail to disappoint with your ignorance.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: Aisengard
I think all mammals have very similar DNA...mostly the same life functions and organs will do that.

Not surprised to see a close relative of the species homo sapiens be so similar in DNA structure.

Given how similar most living organisms are, a far more informative comparison would be to quantify how different they are, not how 'the same' since this number is artificially high.

For example, at 98% 'the same' or whatever chimpanzees are, we aren't even capable of interbreeding right?

 

[Jaskalas]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
Neanderthals is a hoax.

Cause the Bible tells you so?

Exactly!

Humanity is 100% proof that, Neanderthals are in fact not a hoax. We?re all over the place.

 

[conehead433]

So the study reveals that Neanderthals and humans are .5% different. That's still different.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Lizards and dogs are identical. 100% of normal ones have 4 legs.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
Neanderthals is a hoax.

There was an evolutionary hoax, but it wasn't the Neanderthal.

The hoax was the Piltdown Man

 

[imported_dna]

Originally posted by: conehead433
So the study reveals that Neanderthals and humans are .5% different. That's still different.

I don't know about that... a few beers, and most people are 100% compatible.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: dna

Originally posted by: conehead433
So the study reveals that Neanderthals and humans are .5% different. That's still different.

I don't know about that... a few beers, and most people are 100% compatible.

And, given enough old, fermented fruit, so were Homo Whateveruses and Neanderthals.

 

[shira]

This just in:

Further analysis has demonstrated that George W. Bush's DNA is 99.95% identical to that of Neanderthals and 100% identical to that of chimpanzees.

 

[Seekermeister]

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/neanderthal_hoax_exposed/