Re: John has not been assimilated

At 15:08 2000-02-03 PST, you wrote:

>
>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
>

No, and You won't. 1,7 % difference is quite enough to preclude
interbreeding between mammals (not for birds though). In any case chimps
have 48 chromosomes and humans 46, which would prevent interbreeding in any
case.

Tommy