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From: John Cartmell <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] re neanderthal mtDNA
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:39:09 +0100
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On 22 Aug, John Lerch <> wrote:
> Does anyone know definitively to what standard they compare the
> Neanderthal mtDNA? IOW are they comparing it to CaRS or are they
> comparing it to chimps, gorillas, etc? I presume it must be to some
> human mtDNA--else the number of data points would be too high; plus
> chimps are presumably no closer to ancestral mtDNA of neanderthals than
> are humans and indeed are expected to be much further.

More than a smidgin! ;-)
We're looking at 6 million years for a human/chimp ancestor and half a million
years for a Homo sapiens n. and Homo sapiens s. ancestor!

> But I don't know for sure. I know if I were reporting Neanderthal mtDNA I
> would create a fictitious human who was an intersection of all human DNA
> with Neanderthal DNA

H. sapiens n. was human too! ;-)

> so if 16447 e.g. were mostly A (including whatever they're using now) but
> occasionally it is T and say it's usually T in all the mtDNA Neanderthal
> we've found, the standard would be 16447 instead of 16447A.

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