(October 6, 2013 at 2:28 am)Harris Wrote:I said what I meant. We have complete genome sequences for Neandertals and Denisovians, and of course for our own species, Homo sapiens. I did not say anything about Australopithecus afarensis, which we do not have genomics for. Cro-Magnon is the name given to an early group of Homo sapiens.(September 25, 2013 at 1:08 pm)Zazzy Wrote: Well, then it's a good thing we have genomics on Neandertals and Denisovans for comparative genetics!
Are you trying to say that scientists have the haploid set of chromosomes or the complete set of genes or genetic material, which were present in the cells of:
a. Lucy
b. Homo sapiens
c. Neanderthal man
d. Cro-Magnon man
Quote:Are you also trying to say that scientists have connecting links in history and biology, which help in studying procedural development of those genes and manifest how:Why are you trying to put words in my mouth? You well know I said none of that, although I'd be happy to comment on it if you want- the 4 things you have listed above are pretty tragically garbled and not in line with evolutionary thought or claims. Comparative genomics does indeed give us much information on the relationships between our own species and the ones I detailed above.
1. Lucy evolved to Homo sapiens
2. Homo evolved sapiens to Neanderthal man
3. Neanderthal man evolved to Cro-Magnon man and
4. Cro-Magnon man evolved into present day humans.
