tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post116309029521655775..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Neanderthal-human interbreedingSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-27623095403156457012009-05-27T11:29:38.647-04:002009-05-27T11:29:38.647-04:00I have always assumed that interbreeding between h...I have always assumed that interbreeding between humans and neanderthals occurred. The only unknown is whether the offspring of the interbreeding reproduced and became "our" ancestors (the odds of that seems small). Guy Barry, no modern scientist would state that we all were neanderthals, you clearly do not understand human origins. Humans share a common ancestor with Neanderthals, but we did Trevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835166407338895962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1163782581576342822006-11-17T11:56:00.000-05:002006-11-17T11:56:00.000-05:00Hawks has a nice faq here, for people who want mor...Hawks has a nice faq here, for people who want more detail:<BR/>http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/genomics/neandertal/neandertal_genomics_faq_2006.htmlSteve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1163662525351439132006-11-16T02:35:00.000-05:002006-11-16T02:35:00.000-05:00Microcephalin has a very odd gene genealogy: there...Microcephalin has a very odd gene genealogy: there's a long branch with no sub-branches and a recent star pattern. You'd expect to see sub-branches. <BR/> Also, there are very few recombinants between that long branch and the other normally-bushy branch. It is as if it simply hasn't been in the human race very long. <BR/><BR/> John Hawks and I have a paper coming out on why picking up someAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1163648315574518262006-11-15T22:38:00.000-05:002006-11-15T22:38:00.000-05:00I think that Yahoo article is confused. The resear...I think that Yahoo article is confused. The researchers themselves, as far as I understand, say it is too early to tell.<BR/><BR/>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7117/abs/nature05336.html<BR/><BR/>[T]his high level of derived alleles in the Neanderthal is incompatible with the simple population split model estimated in the previous section, given split times inferred from the fossil Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1163636720366568822006-11-15T19:25:00.000-05:002006-11-15T19:25:00.000-05:00"Neanderthal DNA Shows No Interbreeding With Human..."Neanderthal DNA Shows No Interbreeding With Humans"<BR/><BR/>http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20061115/hl_hsn/neanderthaldnashowsnointerbreedingwithhumansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1163118028610930332006-11-09T19:20:00.000-05:002006-11-09T19:20:00.000-05:00So, being called a Neanderthal is no longer an ins...So, being called a Neanderthal is no longer an insult?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com