Siara, on 07 November 2009 - 08:18 AM, said:
I thought the mtDNA analysis suggests that the two gene pools were separated before homo sapiens became a species. Still, you could be right (not that I know much about the subject). Maybe what we think of as our species is actually just a subspecies.
Have they completed the Neanderthal genome yet? Does it have the same number of chromosomes as us? The other "great ape" primates have one more chromosome than we do. At some point two of homo sapiens' chromosomes merged into one long chromosome. If the number of chromosomes isn't the same the two species couldn't produce fertile offspring.
Have they completed the Neanderthal genome yet? Does it have the same number of chromosomes as us? The other "great ape" primates have one more chromosome than we do. At some point two of homo sapiens' chromosomes merged into one long chromosome. If the number of chromosomes isn't the same the two species couldn't produce fertile offspring.
They do not have the same amount of chromosomes that we have, though I'd be proud to count a Neanderthal as one of my relatives or friends.
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