S3cretz Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Leipzig - A new species of human life has been discovered in Russia, thanks to DNA tests on a finger bone that was excavated in Siberia, scientists based in Germany said late on Wednesday.The person, estimated to have lived 30 000 years ago, did not belong to the Homo sapiens species, the only form of human life today, but also wasn't a Neanderthal, a species that died out 35 000 years ago.The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig made the discovery, which is reported in Thursday's issue of the science journal Nature.The find suggests there was yet another emigration of hominid ancestors from Africa, where all Homo species have their ancestral roots. Previously it was thought that only Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Homo erectus managed that long-distance relocation.The bone, which was found in 2008 in a cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia, yielded enough mitochondrial DNA to be analysed by a team led by Johannes Krause and Svante Paabo.- SAPASource : http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech/News/1132/219ab84396b04d76bb2bd70470de7744/25-03-2010-08-11/New_human_species_found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 whatever world can do- Russia can do better! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 @Atasas:Now we know you're Russian :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 For a second there I thought I had been reclassified.. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiro Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 @Atasas:Now we know you're Russian :lol:Now we just need to figure out where you're from :sneaky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 @Atasas:Now we know you're Russian :lol:Now we just need to figure out where you're from :sneaky:Maybe am, maybe not, but matter of missed sarcasm- so so sorry! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted March 25, 2010 Administrator Share Posted March 25, 2010 We all know where is Atasas from but I can only guess where Biz is from. :bag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 The bone, which was found in 2008 in a cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia, yielded enough mitochondrial DNA to be analysed by a team led by Johannes Krause and Svante Paabo.So let me get this straight; the DNA somehow survived for 35,000 years? I dunno... :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Yeah it was a bone.. not a fossil.. with some DNA in tact.. might be surprised in a world where everything goes bad in 5 minutes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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