Why do modern men have no trace of neanderthal in us

[Schadenfroh]

i know that they can reproduce together because they found a skeleton of a boy that was half and half, but to date that is the only one found that was part homo-sapien part neanderthal. i mean, these two species lived in the same area for thousands of years and they could reproduce together, but for some reason the neanderthal is extinct and modern humans have no trace of neanderthal in ourselves. Why did they not mix species. How the heck did we make it with not a trace of them in us?

 

[MournSanity]

Because they're dead. Duh.

 

[Orsorum]

How come ducks don't have to wear pants?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: hypersonic5
Because they're dead. Duh.

seems like our ancestors would have had a chance to mate with them, but for some reason they did not and we have no neanderthal in us

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Because it's all bullsh|t.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

We crawled out from under rocks and bit off thier ankles, once none of them could chase tail anymore we let them die off.

 

[conjur]

Read these:

The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry by Bryan Sykes

and

The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey by Spencer Wells

 

[hjo3]

In biology, we learned that part of the definition of "species" is groups that cannot produce offspring. I.e. A dog and a cat are different species because they cannot produce offspring together. Unlike, say, a doberman and a spaniel.

So your question (statement, actually), "Why did they not mix species." Has a rather obvious answer.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: hjo3
In biology, we learned that part of the definition of "species" is groups that cannot produce offspring. I.e. A dog and a cat are different species because they cannot produce offspring together. Unlike, say, a doberman and a spaniel.

So your question (statement, actually), "Why did they not mix species." Has a rather obvious answer.

they have found a skeleton of a half neanderthal half homo-sapien, so they could breed together

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: hjo3
In biology, we learned that part of the definition of "species" is groups that cannot produce offspring. I.e. A dog and a cat are different species because they cannot produce offspring together. Unlike, say, a doberman and a spaniel.

So your question (statement, actually), "Why did they not mix species." Has a rather obvious answer.

they have found a skeleton of a half neanderthal half homo-sapien, so they could breed together

doesn't mean their offspring could reproduce... donkeys and horses can breed, but their offspring, mules, can't reproduce. if the offspring can't reproduce, the mixed set of genes won't propagate...

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: hjo3
In biology, we learned that part of the definition of "species" is groups that cannot produce offspring. I.e. A dog and a cat are different species because they cannot produce offspring together. Unlike, say, a doberman and a spaniel.

So your question (statement, actually), "Why did they not mix species." Has a rather obvious answer.

they have found a skeleton of a half neanderthal half homo-sapien, so they could breed together

Got a link for that?

You should really pick up those two books I linked above. Excellent reads.

 

[Bulk Beef]

In biology, we learned that part of the definition of "species" is groups that cannot produce offspring

I believe that should be fertile offspring. A horse and a donkey are two distinct species that will produce a mule, which is sterile.

EDIT: Damnit, gopunk!

 

[FrustratedUser]

Homo Sapien men didn't find neaderthal chicks hot.

🙂

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: hjo3
In biology, we learned that part of the definition of "species" is groups that cannot produce offspring. I.e. A dog and a cat are different species because they cannot produce offspring together. Unlike, say, a doberman and a spaniel.

So your question (statement, actually), "Why did they not mix species." Has a rather obvious answer.

they have found a skeleton of a half neanderthal half homo-sapien, so they could breed together

Being able to breed doesn't mean that it producded viable offspring. Think about what happens when you cross a horse/donkey, you get a mule which is sterile. When you cross a tiger and a lion you get a liger, which more often than not is able to reproduce, but not always. There is a slew of genetic factors that must be accounted for when two groups like that cross breed.

More likely than not this was probably more like the mule scenario. They could breed, but their genetics were so dissimilar that viable offspring could be produced. That is one way to explain the absense of that genetic material in H. Sapiens.

Edit: too slow. I also would like to see a link to the half and half skeleton. I've never heard of that.

 

[Bulk Beef]

As a side note on the whole fertile/sterile offspring thing, I got to wondering how it was possible for someone to have a dog that was "quarter wolf" or whatever, and in checking it out, I found that the dog species was reclassified for that very reason.

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: sward666
As a side note on the whole fertile/sterile offspring thing, I got to wondering how it was possible for someone to have a dog that was "quarter wolf" or whatever, and in checking it out, I found that the dog species was reclassified for that very reason.

Most breeds of domesticated dogs are descended from wolves, right? 4000+ years of human interference aren't enough to change their genetics that much.

 

[dopcombo]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Homo Sapien men didn't find neaderthal chicks hot.

🙂

Actually, given those prehistoric times, and our much more animalistic instincts, I would say its more likely that Neanderthal chicks didn't find Homo Sapien men hot.

Well, too bad for them. Guess who survived 😛

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: hjo3
In biology, we learned that part of the definition of "species" is groups that cannot produce offspring. I.e. A dog and a cat are different species because they cannot produce offspring together. Unlike, say, a doberman and a spaniel.

So your question (statement, actually), "Why did they not mix species." Has a rather obvious answer.

they have found a skeleton of a half neanderthal half homo-sapien, so they could breed together

Got a link for that?

You should really pick up those two books I linked above. Excellent reads.

saw it on discovery science channel this afternoon, it was a 4 year old, so i guess they had no clue if he could reproduce or not

 

[Lizardman]

didnt you ever read The Clan of the Cave Bear?

 

[Schadenfroh]

conjur, here is the link to the hybrid boy they found

http://cogweb.ucla.edu/ep/Neanderthal.html

 

[thomsbrain]

they do, but these days we're more PC and instead of calling them neanderthals, we call them republicans.

 

[Brutuskend]

Never been around a group of Marine Grunts, have you?

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

There may be a link to Neanderthal man in people with fair skin/red hair, the ginger gene.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Yo_Ma-Ma
There may be a link to Neanderthal man in people with fair skin/red hair, the ginger gene.

interesting

 

[Brutuskend]

According to Tom Robbins (Still-life with woodpecker), redheads were once to ruling class of some other planet who were exiled to earth when the Blondie's and Brunettes took over. 😉