Scientists to Map Neanderthal's Genes

[aurorabeauty]

Geir Moulson, AP

July 20, 2006 - U.S. and German scientists on Thursday launched a two-year project to decipher Neanderthals' genetic code, a feat that they hope will help deepen understanding of how modern humans' brains evolved.

Comments

[ragnarok20]

Pshaw, everyone knows it's because we ate enough shrooms to permanently change our cognitive abilities.

[ragnarok20]

There is some evidence to suggest that neanderthal's and homo sapiens mated, which caused the blonde haired/blue eyed gene in modern europeans. So it wouldn't be entirely irrelevant to ourselves.

[sonofzeal]

I can't wait to see what is learned by this. It seems like a fascinating project.