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Does this explain where republicans came from??? LOL
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Neanderthals were remarkably less genetically diverse than modern humans, with Neanderthal populations typically smaller and more isolated, researchers say.
Although Neanderthals underwent more genetic changes involving their skeletons, they had fewer such changes in behavior and pigmentation, scientists added.
http://news.yahoo.com/neanderthals-had-shallow-gene-pool-study-says-194351499.html
BlindTiresias
(1,563 posts)OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)Joey Liberal
(5,526 posts)But the republicans came from somewhere!
libodem
(19,288 posts)John1956PA
(2,656 posts)Here is just one of several interesting passages from the article:
Joey Liberal
(5,526 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)Really! I got tested.
Well, you are living proof that they weren't all republicans .........
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Joey Liberal
(5,526 posts)LOL
MisterP
(23,730 posts)DFW
(54,437 posts)The Neander Valley (German: Neandertal) is less than a half hour drive from where I live.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)so isolation in Europe and Siberia isn't surprising; with a colder climate, some spots may have been good refuges, but the land between them inhospitable.