Thursday, May 06, 2010

Neanderthal Genome Shows Most Humans Are Cavemen | Wired Science | Wired.com

Neanderthal Genome Shows Most Humans Are Cavemen | Wired Science | Wired.com:

"After years of anticipation, the Neanderthal genome has been sequenced. It’s not quite complete, but there’s enough for scientists to start comparing it with our own.

According to these first comparisons, humans and Neanderthals are practically identical at the protein level. Whatever our differences, they’re not in the composition of our building blocks."

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