Friday, August 08, 2008

DNA of neanderthal found!!

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"This is the first complete mitochondrial genome sequence from an extinct hominid," lead author Richard Green explained to Discovery News.
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They calculated mtDNA sequence changes for both humans and Neanderthals since that time. These accumulated changes then "let us calculate how long ago was the most recent common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals," Green said.

He added, "This common ancestor likely looked something like Homo erectus." This extinct hominid is believed to have been super strong with a relatively large head and brain.
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How about cloning a couple of them Jurassic park-like?
Then we could really see how similar they were to us :D :D

Article here.

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