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Title: Article: Collectively, humanity’s genomes carry a fifth of a Neanderthal
Post by: freknu on January 30, 2014, 04:57:06 AM

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/01/collectively-humanitys-genomes-carry-a-fifth-of-a-neanderthal/

Sources:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature12961.html
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2014/01/28/science.1245938

Title: Re: [Article] Collectively, humanity’s genomes carry a fifth of a Neanderthal
Post by: Corybobory on January 30, 2014, 08:47:41 AM

It's a cool article!  Just wanted to point out though, that if a fifth of neanderthal genes exist on in modern human populations, that is not to say that anyone is 'one fifth' neanderthal... I've already come across people conflating the two...

Title: Re: [Article] Collectively, humanity’s genomes carry a fifth of a Neanderthal
Post by: freknu on January 30, 2014, 09:28:21 AM

Quote from: Corybobory on January 30, 2014, 08:47:41 AM

It's a cool article!  Just wanted to point out though, that if a fifth of neanderthal genes exist on in modern human populations, that is not to say that anyone is 'one fifth' neanderthal... I've already come across people conflating the two...

Yes, a very important distinction!

Title: Re: Article: Collectively, humanity’s genomes carry a fifth of a Neanderthal
Post by: Corybobory on January 30, 2014, 02:23:05 PM

It muddled my own head a bit when I saw the statements... hehe!