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The Denisovan discovery thread

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    #32
    Adam Khor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭Adam Khor


    Wibbs wrote: »
    While that's some interesting and impressive science on the gene expression front, IMHO it's yet another example of major conjectural leaps springing from meagre actual science that tends to infect the study of our ancestors.

    Mte. What I really want to see is an actual skeleton!


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    Adam Khor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭Adam Khor


    Denisovan DNA recovered from mandible found in Tibet.

    http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/denisovan-mitochondrial-dna-baishiya-karst-cave-09010.html

    xiahemandible.png


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    #34
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    Wibbs wrote: »
    While that's some interesting and impressive science on the gene expression front, IMHO it's yet another example of major conjectural leaps springing from meagre actual science that tends to infect the study of our ancestors.

    Bigtime Wibbs. You can't make that sort of predictions with genotypes. There's too much environmental influence at play too. There's no way of knowing which genes would be switched on and off.


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