Analysis of one million base pairs of Neanderthal DNA


	Analysis of one million base pairs of Neanderthal DNA

ezsparky

6-1-2007 4:13 PM

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neanderthals, evolution, genetics, dna, fossil, sequencing, genome, god

ezsparky says:

Hum... another humanoid species who had art, made stone tools, buried their dead... How do the religious and their religions account for this? Why would God make the Neaderthal?

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6-1-2007 5:34 PM

taksmaster

Why would God make the Neaderthal?

Maybe it was the prototype.

7-19-2007 5:25 PM

sohil

Why would God make the Neaderthal?
Maybe it was the prototype.

7-19-2007 5:25 PM

sohil

I posted that before I could finish my comment. My response to the above quote is as follows

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