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Baitball Blogger

(46,756 posts) Fri Nov 16, 2012, 08:25 PM Nov 2012

I understand now why Republicans seem so primitive.

Lone Survivor is a book that explains that people outside of Africa have Neanderthal DNA in their genes. That's because there was some "co-mingling" going on way back when. Said so on Colbert.

That would explain a lot.

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I understand now why Republicans seem so primitive. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 OP

Easy there, fellow; I'm pretty sure I have Neaderthal genes! Different does not equal primative! hedgehog Nov 2012 #1

I'm sure I have them too, but it really depends if they're recessive, or dominant. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #2

Who knows what Neandrathals were really like daleo Nov 2012 #3

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

1. Easy there, fellow; I'm pretty sure I have Neaderthal genes! Different does not equal primative!

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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 08:33 PM

Nov 2012

Baitball Blogger

(46,756 posts)

2. I'm sure I have them too, but it really depends if they're recessive, or dominant.

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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 08:37 PM

Nov 2012

daleo

(21,317 posts)

3. Who knows what Neandrathals were really like

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:34 PM

Nov 2012

The evidence I have read lately makes it seem that they were ok. You can't say the same for a lot of modern people - I.e. murder, rape, war, pollution...

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