Why Are Humans Slower Than Most Animals? The ENDURANCE HYPOTHESIS basically says that humans evolved to be smart and to run/walk long distances. That's funny cuz I know a lot of people who are really dumb and can't walk a mile without collapsing!
People With Most Diverse Ancient Human DNA Found How much archaic DNA do you have?
Melanesians retain both Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry in their genes, according to new research that finds they are about 2 percent Neanderthal and between 3-4 percent Denisovan. This means that Melanesians — people native to Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, West Papua and the Maluku Islands — have the highest degree of archaic human ancestry ever documented.
cactuspete: Looks like calling someone a Neanderthal is going to turn into a compliment. It used to be an insult suggesting that someone was primitive, but apparently as it turns out many of our more admirable traits and abilities were enhanced through interbreeding with them. Those lacking Neanderthal genes also seem to be those lacking quite a few essential cognitive skills.
What Neanderthal DNA Is Doing To Your Genome Interesting info about Neanderthal DNA. If you are of European descent, then you almost for sure have some Neanderthal DNA in you!
Neanderthals are quite different from the stereotype I grew up with. This thread is pretty interesting. I've learned more about Neanderthals from following this thread than I ever did all the time I was in school!