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Old 06-22-2007, 04:50 PM   #14
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by skysidhe View Post
Analysis of human and animal genes in 2006 provides strong evidence that after humans had clearly diverged from apes, interspecies mating none the less occurred regularly enough to change certain genes in the new gene pool:
"A new comparison of the human and chimp genomes suggests that after the two lineages separated, they may have begun interbreeding... A principal finding is that the X chromosomes of humans and chimps appear to have diverged about 1.2 million years more recently than the other chromosomes."
It's also a possibility the first split was unsuccessful and died out like the Neanderthals and the second successful like Cro-Magnon.
There is always a bunch of ways to interpret scant data.

It should be easy enough to prove whether chimp and human eggs/sperm can be mated, in the lab. When Oliver dies they should dissect him and see if the bone/muscle structure is more humanoid, causing his bipedal gait, or he was just mimicking humans so much it became habit.

Mike was not a hoax. He toured the country for a number on months before choking to death on his food. The reason he survived is they didn't cut off his head at the neck as is the normal procedure. They accidentally left part of the head including the the part of the brain that regulates auto functions like breathing.
He wasn't decapitated, just mostly decapitated.
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Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 06-23-2007 at 03:04 PM. Reason: magnon not mignon.... duh
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