Re: John has not been assimilated

Tommy:

>TT: Neandertal mt-DNA has recently been sequenced and it is very
>different from H. sapiens mt-DNA supporting the view that H. sapiens >and
>H. neanderthalis were separate species. And if they were the >same is
>likely to be true at least of the asian H. erectus which >must have been
>about as isolated from african humans as the >neandertalers.

Gerry:

>Wait a second Tommy. You state that Neanderthal mt-DNA is very
>different from Homo sapiens mt-DNA. How different can different be >when
>the difference in mt-DNA between man and ape is less than 1.5%?

Yes, and I believe that we share some 98% of our DNA with chimps but then
I've never told hear of a chimp-human cross outside the realms of the
Enquirer and AT&T staff.

- gLeN


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