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Onthefly

(549 posts) Thu Dec 19, 2024, 10:34 AM Dec 19

Neandertal genes in people today came from hook-ups around 47,000 years ago

By McKenzie Prillaman
DECEMBER 12, 2024 AT 2:00 PM

The time frame in which Neandertals and Homo sapiens heavily intermingled just got a little clearer.

DNA analyses of ancient and modern H. sapiens reveal that Neandertals spread their genes to humans during a single epoch around 47,000 years ago, researchers report in two new studies. The findings narrow the time frame in which this interbreeding could have occurred; previous estimates dated the era to somewhere between 65,000 and 41,000 years ago.

It means that all living people without recent African ancestry descended from the same population of humans that mated with Neandertals in this newly identified period, says evolutionary geneticist Kay Prüfer of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who coauthored one of the papers.

Check out this article on science news: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neandertal-mate-people-47000-years-ago?mobile_share=true|

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Neandertal genes in people today came from hook-ups around 47,000 years ago (Original Post) Onthefly Dec 19 OP

Those must have been some brachiating* times! GreenWave Dec 19 #1

"Honey, you should fulfill your Neanderthal fetish. bucolic_frolic Dec 19 #2

I get a lot of compliments about my brow ridge. John Farmer Dec 19 #3

Strangers in the night... Solly Mack Dec 19 #4

This explains my college roomate. Sneederbunk Dec 19 #5

It proves BeerBarrelPolka Dec 19 #6

Their ability to mate resulting in offsprings................. Lovie777 Dec 19 #7

So does that explain why some people zorbasd Dec 19 #8

Je suis neanderthal... Wounded Bear Dec 19 #9

More probably rape, not "hookups" obamanut2012 Dec 19 #10

Or intermarriage. maxsolomon Dec 19 #11

GreenWave

(9,445 posts)

1. Those must have been some brachiating* times!

Reply to Onthefly (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 10:36 AM

Dec 19

*swinging

bucolic_frolic

(47,615 posts)

2. "Honey, you should fulfill your Neanderthal fetish.

Reply to Onthefly (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 10:41 AM

Dec 19

I have a headache tonight."

John Farmer

(234 posts)

3. I get a lot of compliments about my brow ridge.

Reply to Onthefly (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 10:42 AM

Dec 19

Solly Mack

(93,215 posts)

4. Strangers in the night...

Reply to Onthefly (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 10:43 AM

Dec 19

Strangers in the night exchanging glances
Wondering in the night
What were the chances we'd be sharing love
Before the night was through

Sneederbunk

(15,392 posts)

5. This explains my college roomate.

Reply to Onthefly (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 10:44 AM

Dec 19

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,439 posts)

6. It proves

Reply to Onthefly (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 10:48 AM

Dec 19

That MTG has a family history of hooking up.

Lovie777

(15,237 posts)

7. Their ability to mate resulting in offsprings.................

Reply to Onthefly (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 10:51 AM

Dec 19

although physical appearance were somewhat different, their insides were quite combatible.

Homo Sapiens adapted to their surroundings where Neanterdals barely did, therefore, Homo Sapiens became the dominate species.