Human/Neanerthal hybrid discovered

[Silver]

The skeletal remains of an individual living in northern Italy 40,000-30,000 years ago are believed to be that of a human/Neanderthal hybrid, according to a paper in PLoS ONE.

If further analysis proves the theory correct, the remains belonged to the first known such hybrid, providing direct evidence that humans and Neanderthals interbred.

First Love Child of Human, Neanderthal Found

[rexbeccarox]

Hilarious headline... and boy it might explain some of the people I went to high school with in East Tennessee.

[festive1]

Love child, never meant to be... Love child, different from you and me...







Damnit now that's burned into my brain for the next several hours...

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

Um, there already is direct evidence that Neanderthals and humans interbred. This is bloody stupid.

[Tiberius]

Um, there already is direct evidence that Neanderthals and humans interbred. This is bloody stupid.

One of the London papers tracked down a few Londoners who were "part Neanderthal" according to their genetics. No idea how accurate the story was, but I'm pretty sure it's been known for years that Neanderthals interbred.

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

Um, there already is direct evidence that Neanderthals and humans interbred. This is bloody stupid.

One of the London papers tracked down a few Londoners who were "part Neanderthal" according to their genetics. No idea how accurate the story was, but I'm pretty sure it's been known for years that Neanderthals interbred.

Everyone of European descent is has about 3% Neanderthal DNA, or something like that. It was a ground-breaking find in anthropology.

[Minimalist]

Um, there already is direct evidence that Neanderthals and humans interbred. This is bloody stupid.

Precisely, Svante Paabo and the Max Planck Institute established that many Europeans have between 1 and 4% HNS DNA about 3 years ago.

http://us.yhs4.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A...paabo.html

This is the kind of shit that drives fundies up a wall.

[frz]

Mmm, humanderthals? I knew ya exist! And I thought we just call those guys mulattoes.

[Autumnlicious]

Mulatto is commonly used as a derogatory term for black/white mixed race children.

As neaderthals have nothing to do with human ethnicities, I can only assume either you're a fucking moron at making shitty jokes or trying to make some race-based statement.

[FallentoReason]

The article does actually mention it was previously known that the two species had mixed at some stage:

Prior genetic research determined the DNA of people with European and Asian ancestry is 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal.