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Subject: Re: [DNA] Neanderthals
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 16:19:27 EST
In a message dated 03/01/02 4:45:05 PM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:
> Spelling of the word aside, I had read recently that there was no known DNA
> connection of modern humans to Neanderthals. Am I wrong in this? What
>
I don't think there's any way of knowing what blood type(s) the Neanderthal
had, but other primates (gorillas, chimps) have components of the ABO blood
system, so it must predate Neanderthals and humans both.
>
> A few years ago someone wrote that red hair was traceable to Neanderthals.
> I thought that was because maybe someone didn't like me.
>
This was probably from a report in the popular press about Rosalind Harding's
work. A follow-up story in an Oxford newsletter downplays this connection.
Ann
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