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wittor t1_jab7g0f wrote
Reply to comment by supersecretaqua in Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals by OptimalCrew7992
I think winning and losing are not a good analogy for the fluctuations on a gene pool caused by the contact of two previously separate populations and their interbreeding.
wittor t1_jab6txk wrote
Reply to comment by Swanlafitte in Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals by OptimalCrew7992
yes, they are caried by us today.
wittor t1_jab6jyb wrote
Reply to comment by HegemonNYC in Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals by OptimalCrew7992
All scientific based definitions are objective and can be used for classification purposes. It is basically useless to try to find a single answer, but the debate is extremely profitable.
This is a better explanation than I can give you https://theconversation.com/what-is-a-species-the-most-important-concept-in-all-of-biology-is-a-complete-mystery-119200
wittor t1_jaakhe8 wrote
Reply to comment by Cerulean_IsFancyBlue in Why Nikola Tesla is So Famous (and Westinghouse is not) by pier4r
I think that it is interesting to notice that nor Einstein nor newton were "sources" (historical Tesla is not the source for most part of the Tesla legend) of as many baseless stories as Tesla. Tesla motors did not created a hype over the name, the opposite is true.
wittor t1_jaaf6v4 wrote
Reply to comment by HegemonNYC in Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals by OptimalCrew7992
There are many ways to define a species depending on what you are trying to explain. The idea that a species is composed of all individuals that can successfully interbreed is a simplification used for basic learning purposes and is expected to be understood as an approximation to a more complete theory.
wittor t1_jaadyqn wrote
Reply to comment by SPYK3O in Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals by OptimalCrew7992
Those are more basal populations with more admixture, i think the present distribution of their genes is lower than expected when compared with those populations because most of those hybrid populations were assimilated by incoming waves of migration of sapiens from outside Europe with no or little admixture.
wittor t1_jaaczwv wrote
Reply to comment by PerformanceNow in Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals by OptimalCrew7992
Consensus is basically a synonym for textbook simplifications that hardly match the state of any academic discipline.
Unfortunately, most of the nuances on archeology are lost between school books and cheap speculation in popular books.
wittor t1_jaa9ifm wrote
Reply to comment by dub-fresh in Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals by OptimalCrew7992
I would not say there was something to lose or win in this case. As new populations (of homo sapiens) settled(in Europe, coming from other regions) the admixture (of the gene polls of both populations) diluted Neanderthal's contribution (that they made to the gene poll of the more ancient population) to the total gene pool of (present) Europe.
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wittor t1_ja8iulf wrote
Reply to HK socialite’s murder: Police say former father-in-law plotted killing; ex-husband arrested by pcl87
Do they have capital punishment on HK?
wittor t1_j7iawur wrote
Reply to comment by TreesACrowd in Birds before the earthquake in Turkey by juniorgallina
Well, it is night, I think people are referring to that. But yes, like, the cause could be an earthquake, could be loud noises.
wittor t1_j7hm46z wrote
Reply to Birds before the earthquake in Turkey by juniorgallina
The problem is that you can cause the same reaction using different stimuli and we still don't have a way to differentiate between birds acting strange because of an earthquake and other reasons.
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Reply to comment by Throwhfx073 in About Fox's three long-running cartoon series The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bobs Burgers and their "eternal renewal" by trover2345325
>Even if the quality of the 3 shows will decline if it keeps on getting renewed for more seasons , Fox will never cancel them as they will be their cash cow that will never be cancelled especially that recent adult animated shows that air on FOX are mediocre and forgotten.
I think this is more like the reason people can use it and pass as human. I mean, at least the machine would use proper syntax rules.
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Reply to Customs seize so much cocaine in Belgium that incinerators can no longer keep up by ILikeTasks
Bad time to buy Nespresso stock.
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Reply to comment by TiberiusClackus in Oldest tartan found to date back to 16th Century - A scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog 40 years ago is likely to be the oldest tartan ever discovered in Scotland, new tests have established. by ArtOak
The problem is the widely accepted misconception that the historical moment happened as it is shown in the movie.
Like the joke, It is all fun and games untill people start to talk abou Abu Nazir as a real person.