Neanderthal discovered in Eastern Europe

[Ripple]

MH17: world's anger at Russia grows as bodies pile on to train at crash site
Experts fear clues as to why Malaysia Airlines plane was brought down could be lost for ever as chaos at scene persists



The Guardian, Sunday 20 July 2014

Ukrainian State Emergency Service
The OSCE monitors have had to take the word of the local emergency services that 196 bodies have been found so far. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
Masked, hooded men ran along the platform nervously waving their guns, as the large grey door to one of five train carriages was levered open. A ghoulish stench poured out; inside the glint of shiny black body bags piled in a heap was visible. A group of international monitors from the OSCE peered in briefly, and then the door was swung shut again.

That this event was seen as a great breakthrough in the cleanup of the MH17 air disaster only went to show what a grimly farcical mess it had been up to now.

As politicians, investigators and relatives of the dead across the world expressed anger at the Kremlin for not forcing pro-Russia rebels to offer more cooperation, there had yet to be any serious examination of the crash site.

The UN security council is due to vote on Monday on a resolution that demands armed groups do not compromise the crash site integrity, as well as that those responsible be held accountable.

But experts suggested that vital clues to how the Malaysia Airlines Boeing was brought down could have been lost forever as the site continues to be a free-for-all three days after the tragedy, which took 298 lives.

 

[dilloduck]

MH17: world's anger at Russia grows as bodies pile on to train at crash site
Experts fear clues as to why Malaysia Airlines plane was brought down could be lost for ever as chaos at scene persists



The Guardian, Sunday 20 July 2014

Ukrainian State Emergency Service
The OSCE monitors have had to take the word of the local emergency services that 196 bodies have been found so far. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
Masked, hooded men ran along the platform nervously waving their guns, as the large grey door to one of five train carriages was levered open. A ghoulish stench poured out; inside the glint of shiny black body bags piled in a heap was visible. A group of international monitors from the OSCE peered in briefly, and then the door was swung shut again.

That this event was seen as a great breakthrough in the cleanup of the MH17 air disaster only went to show what a grimly farcical mess it had been up to now.

As politicians, investigators and relatives of the dead across the world expressed anger at the Kremlin for not forcing pro-Russia rebels to offer more cooperation, there had yet to be any serious examination of the crash site.

The UN security council is due to vote on Monday on a resolution that demands armed groups do not compromise the crash site integrity, as well as that those responsible be held accountable.

But experts suggested that vital clues to how the Malaysia Airlines Boeing was brought down could have been lost forever as the site continues to be a free-for-all three days after the tragedy, which took 298 lives.

It's a combat zone for Christ's sake----maybe someone should think about initiating a truce first.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

MH17: world's anger at Russia grows as bodies pile on to train at crash site
Experts fear clues as to why Malaysia Airlines plane was brought down could be lost for ever as chaos at scene persists



The Guardian, Sunday 20 July 2014

Ukrainian State Emergency Service
The OSCE monitors have had to take the word of the local emergency services that 196 bodies have been found so far. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
Masked, hooded men ran along the platform nervously waving their guns, as the large grey door to one of five train carriages was levered open. A ghoulish stench poured out; inside the glint of shiny black body bags piled in a heap was visible. A group of international monitors from the OSCE peered in briefly, and then the door was swung shut again.

That this event was seen as a great breakthrough in the cleanup of the MH17 air disaster only went to show what a grimly farcical mess it had been up to now.

As politicians, investigators and relatives of the dead across the world expressed anger at the Kremlin for not forcing pro-Russia rebels to offer more cooperation, there had yet to be any serious examination of the crash site.

The UN security council is due to vote on Monday on a resolution that demands armed groups do not compromise the crash site integrity, as well as that those responsible be held accountable.

But experts suggested that vital clues to how the Malaysia Airlines Boeing was brought down could have been lost forever as the site continues to be a free-for-all three days after the tragedy, which took 298 lives.

Somebody found Steve McGarrett?

 

[Ripple]

MH17: world's anger at Russia grows as bodies pile on to train at crash site
Experts fear clues as to why Malaysia Airlines plane was brought down could be lost for ever as chaos at scene persists



The Guardian, Sunday 20 July 2014

Ukrainian State Emergency Service
The OSCE monitors have had to take the word of the local emergency services that 196 bodies have been found so far. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
Masked, hooded men ran along the platform nervously waving their guns, as the large grey door to one of five train carriages was levered open. A ghoulish stench poured out; inside the glint of shiny black body bags piled in a heap was visible. A group of international monitors from the OSCE peered in briefly, and then the door was swung shut again.

That this event was seen as a great breakthrough in the cleanup of the MH17 air disaster only went to show what a grimly farcical mess it had been up to now.

As politicians, investigators and relatives of the dead across the world expressed anger at the Kremlin for not forcing pro-Russia rebels to offer more cooperation, there had yet to be any serious examination of the crash site.

The UN security council is due to vote on Monday on a resolution that demands armed groups do not compromise the crash site integrity, as well as that those responsible be held accountable.

But experts suggested that vital clues to how the Malaysia Airlines Boeing was brought down could have been lost forever as the site continues to be a free-for-all three days after the tragedy, which took 298 lives.

Clearly the distinction between Cromangnum Man and Neanderthal had to do with the ability to reason,to hunt successfully to fashion tools and the ability to survive the remnants of the 2nd Ice age.

But the Neanderthal was thought to have died off thirty-two thousand years ago
Neanderthal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm thinking the news of Neanderthals death is now in question.

 

[Lakhota]

Neanderthal discovered in Eastern Europe

What, no Bigfoot?

 

[deltex1]

MH17: world's anger at Russia grows as bodies pile on to train at crash site
Experts fear clues as to why Malaysia Airlines plane was brought down could be lost for ever as chaos at scene persists



The Guardian, Sunday 20 July 2014

Ukrainian State Emergency Service
The OSCE monitors have had to take the word of the local emergency services that 196 bodies have been found so far. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
Masked, hooded men ran along the platform nervously waving their guns, as the large grey door to one of five train carriages was levered open. A ghoulish stench poured out; inside the glint of shiny black body bags piled in a heap was visible. A group of international monitors from the OSCE peered in briefly, and then the door was swung shut again.

That this event was seen as a great breakthrough in the cleanup of the MH17 air disaster only went to show what a grimly farcical mess it had been up to now.

As politicians, investigators and relatives of the dead across the world expressed anger at the Kremlin for not forcing pro-Russia rebels to offer more cooperation, there had yet to be any serious examination of the crash site.

The UN security council is due to vote on Monday on a resolution that demands armed groups do not compromise the crash site integrity, as well as that those responsible be held accountable.

But experts suggested that vital clues to how the Malaysia Airlines Boeing was brought down could have been lost forever as the site continues to be a free-for-all three days after the tragedy, which took 298 lives.

It's a combat zone for Christ's sake----maybe someone should think about initiating a truce first.

A truce ....or a strafing run...

 

[waltky]

Granny wantin' to know who's Dennis Evans?...

Neanderthal genes 'boosted our immunity'
Thu, 07 Jan 2016 - We may owe our ability to fight disease to our extinct relatives - the Neanderthals and Denisovans.

According to a pair of scientific studies, key genes in the immune system come from our ancient "cousins". The findings, which appear in The American Journal of Human Genetics, suggest we have Neanderthals to thank for being able to fight off pathogens. But interbreeding may have had a downside, as the same genes may have made us more prone to allergies. Modern-day people can trace their ancestry to a small population that emerged from Africa about 60,000 years ago. As the African humans spread out across the world, they came into contact with other ancient humans based in Europe and Western Asia.

Granny wonderin' how dey got dat pic of Uncle Ferd?​

Genetic evidence suggests that these different "tribes" interbred, with part of the genome of Neanderthals still present in humans alive today. About 1% to 6% of the modern Eurasian human genome seems to come from Neanderthals and Denisovans - another extinct member of the human family. Scientists in Germany analysed the genes of both modern humans and our ancient relatives to find the source of changes in our immune system's genetic blueprints.

They found some of the fragments of Neanderthal DNA in humans alive today play a key role in the immune system as the front line of defence against pathogens such as bacteria, fungi and parasites. "The evidence suggests that this genetic region contributes to the immune system of modern day humans," Dr Michael Dannemann of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, told BBC News. "At some point in history it might have been an advantage to have these Neanderthal genes in terms of fighting off infections or lethal pathogens from 10,000 years ago. "It could also still be an advantage today but this is difficult to pinpoint."

Archaeologist cataloguing finds from the Denisova Cave, Siberia, Russia​

Dr Danneman, a co-researcher on one of the papers, said this inheritance from the Neanderthals could also have left some people more prone to allergies - because of the effect on the immune system - although this needs further investigation in the laboratory.

Big surprise

 

[waltky]

Earlier date for Neanderthal-human sex...

Neanderthals and humans interbred '100,000 years ago'
Wed, 17 Feb 2016 - Neanderthals and humans interbred about 40,000 years earlier than was previously thought, a study suggests.

Neanderthals and modern humans were interbreeding much earlier than was previously thought, scientists say. Traces of human DNA found in a Neanderthal genome suggest that we started mixing with our now-extinct relatives 100,000 years ago. Previously it had been thought that the two species first encountered each other when modern humans left Africa, about 60,000 years ago. The research is published in the journal Nature.

Dr Sergi Castellano, from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Germany, said: "It is significant for understanding the history of modern humans and Neanderthals." The ancient remains of a female Neanderthal, found in a remote cave in the Altai Mountains in Siberia, are the source of these revelations about the sex lives of our ancestors. A genetic analysis reveals that portions of human DNA lie within her genome, revealing an interspecies mingling that took place 100,000 years ago.

Neanderthals may have been breeding with modern humans much earlier was thought​

Earlier research suggested that humans started interbreeding with our heavy-browed, stocky relatives when they migrated out of Africa and began to spread around the world. As they left the continent, they met - and mingled with - the Neanderthals, who lived across Europe and Asia. Neanderthal genes from these encounters are found in humans today, and recent studies have shown that these portions of DNA play an integral role in everything from our immune system to our propensity to diseases.

But the latest finding of a flow of genes in the opposite direction, from humans to Neanderthals, suggests such mating was happening thousands of years earlier. It is not yet clear what impact these genes had on Neanderthals. "The functional significance of this is unclear at the moment," said Dr Castellano.

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[Rustic]

MH17: world's anger at Russia grows as bodies pile on to train at crash site
Experts fear clues as to why Malaysia Airlines plane was brought down could be lost for ever as chaos at scene persists



The Guardian, Sunday 20 July 2014

Ukrainian State Emergency Service
The OSCE monitors have had to take the word of the local emergency services that 196 bodies have been found so far. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
Masked, hooded men ran along the platform nervously waving their guns, as the large grey door to one of five train carriages was levered open. A ghoulish stench poured out; inside the glint of shiny black body bags piled in a heap was visible. A group of international monitors from the OSCE peered in briefly, and then the door was swung shut again.

That this event was seen as a great breakthrough in the cleanup of the MH17 air disaster only went to show what a grimly farcical mess it had been up to now.

As politicians, investigators and relatives of the dead across the world expressed anger at the Kremlin for not forcing pro-Russia rebels to offer more cooperation, there had yet to be any serious examination of the crash site.

The UN security council is due to vote on Monday on a resolution that demands armed groups do not compromise the crash site integrity, as well as that those responsible be held accountable.

But experts suggested that vital clues to how the Malaysia Airlines Boeing was brought down could have been lost forever as the site continues to be a free-for-all three days after the tragedy, which took 298 lives.

Just a Muslim

 

[Arianrhod]

MH17: world's anger at Russia grows as bodies pile on to train at crash site
Experts fear clues as to why Malaysia Airlines plane was brought down could be lost for ever as chaos at scene persists



The Guardian, Sunday 20 July 2014

Ukrainian State Emergency Service
The OSCE monitors have had to take the word of the local emergency services that 196 bodies have been found so far. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
Masked, hooded men ran along the platform nervously waving their guns, as the large grey door to one of five train carriages was levered open. A ghoulish stench poured out; inside the glint of shiny black body bags piled in a heap was visible. A group of international monitors from the OSCE peered in briefly, and then the door was swung shut again.

That this event was seen as a great breakthrough in the cleanup of the MH17 air disaster only went to show what a grimly farcical mess it had been up to now.

As politicians, investigators and relatives of the dead across the world expressed anger at the Kremlin for not forcing pro-Russia rebels to offer more cooperation, there had yet to be any serious examination of the crash site.

The UN security council is due to vote on Monday on a resolution that demands armed groups do not compromise the crash site integrity, as well as that those responsible be held accountable.

But experts suggested that vital clues to how the Malaysia Airlines Boeing was brought down could have been lost forever as the site continues to be a free-for-all three days after the tragedy, which took 298 lives.

Clearly the distinction between Cromangnum Man and Neanderthal had to do with the ability to reason,to hunt successfully to fashion tools and the ability to survive the remnants of the 2nd Ice age.

But the Neanderthal was thought to have died off thirty-two thousand years ago
Neanderthal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm thinking the news of Neanderthals death is now in question.

Recent evidence indicates that those with European ancestry have anywhere from 1-7% Neanderthal genes. If you have allergies, for example, you can probably blame your Neanderthal ancestor.