Some Pacific Islanders Have DNA Not Linked To Any Known Human Ancestor

[WhiteTara]

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/pacific-islanders-ancestor?utm_campaign=pdsoban&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Most everyone knows that the islands of the South Pacific are some of the most remote and unique places on Earth, but a new study reveals just how unique they really are.

According to a report from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, researchers have found traces of a previously unknown extinct hominid species in the DNA of the Melanesians, a group living in an area northeast of Australia that encompasses Papua New Guinea and the surrounding islands.

A computer analysis suggests that the unidentified ancestral hominid species found in Melanesian DNA is unlikely to be either Neanderthal or Denisovan, the two known predecessors of humankind to this point.

Archaeologists have found many Neanderthal fossils in Europe and Asia, and although the only Denisovan DNA comes from a finger bone and a couple of teeth discovered in a Siberian cave, both species are well represented in the fossil record.

But now genetic modeling of the Melanesians has revealed a third, different human ancestor that may be an extinct, distinct cousin of the Neanderthals.

[Leith]

1. I Love Stuff Like This

It looks like I should watch the documentary on the Human Genome Project again, even though it doesn't have this new information.

[WhiteTara]

4. I would love to do genome sequencing

but I don't want those companies to own my dna.

[DK504]

11. Ditto.

[democratisphere]

28. Tritto.

[Pacifist Patriot]

33. I participated in the National Geographic project.

as did my husband. He has double the world average of Neanderthal DNA...thereby proving what I have suspected all along.

[WhiteTara]

44. Do they now own your dna?

I would think all that Neanderthal dna would make him kind and caring and artistic. Their life seemed to be a very harmonious one.

[Yupster]

48. Other than that whole cannibalism thing

We did ours through National Geographic too. Seems to be mostly Celtic. Very early into Europe. My ancestors may have killed off those last Neanderthals.

[WhiteTara]

49. Prepertrators and victims

all rolled into one human life...no wonder the world is crazy.

[Pacifist Patriot]

32. Me too!

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Thanks for the fascinating site link.....

[WhiteTara]

3. You're so welcome!

[ROB-ROX]

5. EVOLUTION

This planet is becoming more complex as science becomes better. There is no telling how the bible people will live with this news? I am just glad someone out there is still looking to connect the dots.........

[WhiteTara]

6. It is great there are still creative and imaginative minds

at work still in this crazy world.

Welcome to DU

[GetRidOfThem]

31. oh but don't you see,

That is so easy: God PLANTED those DNA sequences and them fossils for the researchers and archeologists, it's his gift to them .

[bitterross]

47. Don't you mean the Devil planted them to test the faithful?

That's where fossils that scientists say are over 6000 years-old come from. Don't ya know.

[gtar100]

42. We should be glad they can't burn electronic documents.

Not that they won't try...it's their modus operandi with information that contradicts their world view. Can you imagine what this world might be like if they didn't destroy the Library of Alexandria or destroy all the books of the Mayans. Utter shame.

[L. Coyote]

7. Pretty obvious misinformation in that article.

Modern humans have more ancestors than Neanderthals and Denisovians,

[WhiteTara]

45. So true. It seems to be

a bit dumbed down for the average reader.

[Kleveland]

8. Ancient aliens n/t

[not fooled]

13. Ancestors of

modern-day republicans

[Binkie The Clown]

54. Yes! It MUST be aliens.

Believing that would be so much more fun than the truth.

[Mrs. Overall]

9. Fascinating!

Thanks for posting this!

[moriah]

10. There's a great free course you can audit online...

Human Origins is the name of the class, taught by the leader of the team that discovered Lucy.

If you want the credit for the class with Arizona State you have to pay a proctoring fee then pay the credit hours if you pass, but it's open to anyone to audit if they just want to know more.

Many, many different hominids exited Africa before homo sapiens. Whether interbreeding was likely to have been attempted or been successful is unknown, but is definitely a possibility.

Especially if they retained the same number of chromosomes. Horses, donkeys, and zebras all evolved from a common ancestor 4.5 million years ago, but the reason mules are infertile is that during that time either donkeys lost or horses gained an extra pair of chromosomes. But they will still attempt to breed because mating signals aren't all that different.

[SwissTony]

14. Thanks. It's an edX course.

https://www.edx.org/course/human-origins-asux-asm246-4#!

I don't have time to do it now, so I was hoping to go through it later. But it starts on Jan 8, 2018. Plenty of time for me to make time for that course.

And it's in English!! Who knew Americans could speak English??

(Just kidding, my American friends - I'm Australian and, for sure, we don't speak English).

Thanks for the info, Moriah. That looks like a great course. I've already signed up.

[Angry Dragon]

15. Shelia. mate. on the barbie

just practicing a foreign language

[SwissTony]

16. The word "sheila" is pretty much discouraged these days.

It's viewed as pretty negative.

We Aussies have had (and still have) a few attitudes towards women and our indigenous people that we can't be proud of.

Just give us a fair suck of the saveloy. We're better than we used to be.

Cheers, mate. Good onya.

[justhanginon]

55. So does our president with regard to attitudes. We're not too proud of that either.

Unfortunately, we are not better than we used to be just 10 months ago.

[WhiteTara]

23. now that's interesting too.

The course sounds fascinating. I'll look into auditing. I don't need credit, just greater understanding.

[stopwastingmymoney]

43. Thank you for this!

I'm going to look into it too. I loved my college Anthropology course.

[keithbvadu2]

12. Atlantis?

[csziggy]

19. Zealandia!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealandia

Voyage to sunken continent of Zealandia reveals thousands of fossil specimens

Scientists now believe 5,000,000 sq km mass served as a land bridge millions of years ago

Jon Sharman
Thursday 5 October 2017 12:15 BST

Scientists have uncovered more than 8,000 fossils during an expedition to a lost, underwater continent in the Pacific Ocean.

Drilling into the crust of Zealandia, thousands of feet below the surface, researchers discovered the remains of hundreds of species including pollen from land plants.

The land mass, on which New Zealand sits, was announced as the globe's newest continent earlier this year. It spans 5,000,000 sq km and is a distinct geological entity, a landmark study declared in the summer.

Read more

Life on Earth nearly four billion years old, new fossil suggests

Now it is believed Zealandia was once much closer to the ocean's surface and may have served as a land bridge for animals moving around the south Pacific region.

More: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/zealandia-voyage-fossil-specimens-found-scientists-sunken-continent-pacific-ocean-new-zealand-a7984106.html

[WhiteTara]

24. If New Zealand is on top

how did they find it? I haven't kept up with this.

[csziggy]

25. Read the article I linked to - it's cool! nt

[Achilleaze]

20. Lemuria

Obviously

[KWR65]

17. The serpent in the garden of Eden planted fake DNA in Adam & Eves blood.

It is a conspiracy of the devil I tell ya!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

18. I'm not saying it's aliens ...

[Brainstormy]

21. Extremely cool!

and another nail in the Adam and Eve bullshit story.

[ProudLib72]

22. Do they get to name the hominid ancestor if they don't have bones?

In fact, they only have circumstantial evidence that it must have existed. This is kind of like homo floresiensis, the 'hobbit people' in Indonesia.

[longship]

27. "Look at the bones!"

[SkyDaddy7]

36. Love those guys!

I still go to YouTube & watch clips of them just to laugh...Their humor never gets old to me.

[Sneederbunk]

26. Chariots of the Gods.

[democratisphere]

29. There is still much to discover and learn about the origins of man throughout

the world. Thank you for this update on recent discoveries; article was fascinating.

[DFW]

30. The more we know

The more we realize how much we don't know.

[samnsara]

34. didnt southpark just do a story about this? ;)

[Honeycombe8]

35. Wow...that's exciting. A possible new species? nt

[left-of-center2012]

37. I have family members like that

[left-of-center2012]

38. Very interesting -- thanks for posting

[dalton99a]

39. Didn't Erich von Daniken prove their ancestors came from outer space?

[WinkyDink]

41. Actually, what he did was translate what the ancient Sumerian clay tablets had on them.

[WhiteTara]

46. I read "Innana: Queen of Heaven and Earth"

which is a translation of early tablets that tells the life story of Innana. How she gains knowledge and goes to the Underworld and returns. I recommend it highly.

[moriah]

50. Not sure which translation I read but may have been the same book.

Had several different Sumerian myths, including how she met the husband that doesn't mourn her in the later Descent story.

Part of the required reading in my trad, even if I'm more drawn to the Mabinogion.

[WhiteTara]

51. Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Kramer

I think it may be the same book as that was part of the story I read.

Who is Mabinogion? I'll have to look her up.

[moriah]

52. Wolkstein sounds very familiar.

The Mabinogion is a collection of Celtic mythology, including the story of Rhiannon, etc.

I don't know who did the translation I had of it, but I had been lucky enough to find a hardback version.

[WhiteTara]

53. Sounds like something I want to read

I'll research

[WinkyDink]

40. Annunaki!

[AllaN01Bear]

56. every time i read about something like this, i hear a familiar scifi tv show goes off in my head ,,