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RE: Interesting Genetic Finding
July 2, 2014 at 7:06 pm
A finger and a couple teeth. Truly remarkable what we're able to understand.
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RE: Interesting Genetic Finding
July 2, 2014 at 7:11 pm
One day our computers will be able to extrapolate what a species looked like just by finding an ancient strand of hair.
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RE: Interesting Genetic Finding
July 2, 2014 at 7:41 pm
Hair is informative to analyze.
So to fossilized poo.
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RE: Interesting Genetic Finding
July 2, 2014 at 7:42 pm
(July 2, 2014 at 6:57 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/02/ge...altitudes/
Quote:Gene from extinct human species helps Tibetans thrive at high-altitudes
Quote:This version of the EPAS1 gene is nearly identical to one found in Denisovans, a lineage related to Neanderthals – but is very different from other people today.
Denisovans are known from a single finger bone and two teeth found in a Siberian cave. DNA testing on the 41,000-year-old bone indicated Denisovans were distinct from our species and Neanderthals.
Once again, science is freaking awesome.
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RE: Interesting Genetic Finding
July 2, 2014 at 8:29 pm
You mean it's fucking awesome.
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RE: Interesting Genetic Finding
July 2, 2014 at 9:59 pm
Another dumb naive question.
Why does it have be to be inherited?
Why couldn't the Tibetans DNA have evolved naturally and independently of ancestors.
The ancestors got it from somewhere also.
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RE: Interesting Genetic Finding
July 2, 2014 at 10:47 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2014 at 10:54 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Since this allegedly denisovans sourced gene said to be important to high altitude living is found nowhere else other than in majority of Tibetans and a small handful of Han Chinese, how do the natives south Americans of the Andes cope with living in altitude?
Why would the denisovans possess a widespread special adaptation to high altitude?
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RE: Interesting Genetic Finding
July 2, 2014 at 11:27 pm
(July 2, 2014 at 8:29 pm)Bad Writer Wrote: You mean it's fucking awesome.
For once I was trying to avoid swearing.
Yes, it's fucking awesome.
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RE: Interesting Genetic Finding
July 2, 2014 at 11:34 pm
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So cool.
(July 2, 2014 at 10:47 pm)Chuck Wrote: Since this allegedly denisovans sourced gene said to be important to high altitude living is found nowhere else other than in majority of Tibetans and a small handful of Han Chinese, how do the natives south Americans of the Andes cope with living in altitude?
Why would the denisovans possess a widespread special adaptation to high altitude?
I'd be curious to know about the Han Chinese and the South Americans of the Andes.
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