Comments on: Did Neanderthals and Humans Mate? Absence of Evidence is Not Evidence of Absence http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/10/27/did-neanderthals-and-humans-mate-absence-of-evidence-is-not-evidence-of-absence/ A receptacle for genetic knowledge. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Chloeanne. http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/10/27/did-neanderthals-and-humans-mate-absence-of-evidence-is-not-evidence-of-absence/comment-page-1/#comment-1562 Chloeanne. Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:57:56 +0000 http://spittoon.23andme.com/?p=1763#comment-1562 This is really interesting, im doing some course work and im in year ten, this subject is really confusing to me, BUT this has helped and has made me think more about the subject. I know that Giorgio Bertorelle tryed to compare the DNA from both Neanderthals and Humans and also Cro-Magnons and it turned out that there was a close match between not Neanderthals and Humans but Cro-Magnons and Humans. But many people dont agree with his conslusion as teh differences tested were too small to draw any conclusion. This is all soooo confusing. And i've got this courework due in tomorow. Im dead. This is really interesting, im doing some course work and im in year ten, this subject is really confusing to me, BUT this has helped and has made me think more about the subject.
I know that Giorgio Bertorelle tryed to compare the DNA from both Neanderthals and Humans and also Cro-Magnons and it turned out that there was a close match between not Neanderthals and Humans but Cro-Magnons and Humans. But many people dont agree with his conslusion as teh differences tested were too small to draw any conclusion.
This is all soooo confusing.
And i’ve got this courework due in tomorow.
Im dead.

]]> By: cschick http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/10/27/did-neanderthals-and-humans-mate-absence-of-evidence-is-not-evidence-of-absence/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 cschick Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:25:01 +0000 http://spittoon.23andme.com/?p=1763#comment-1013 Interesting. I keep thinking about this, too (and not because I read Clan of the Cave Bear series). Modern humans and Neandertals overlapped for thousands of years. To interbreed, they would have to overcome not only the size of Europe, but population densities and cultural differences (and likely taboos). Yet, thousands of years is a long time and for sure there was interbreeding. The question then is if that interbreeding contributed or can be seen in our own modern genomes. The other question I have is what cultural things we picked up from Neandertals and vice versa. How might we trace that? Interesting. I keep thinking about this, too (and not because I read Clan of the Cave Bear series).

Modern humans and Neandertals overlapped for thousands of years. To interbreed, they would have to overcome not only the size of Europe, but population densities and cultural differences (and likely taboos). Yet, thousands of years is a long time and for sure there was interbreeding. The question then is if that interbreeding contributed or can be seen in our own modern genomes.

The other question I have is what cultural things we picked up from Neandertals and vice versa. How might we trace that?

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