They are going to do DNA tests on Bush:

[originalpckelly]

"New Machine Sheds Light on DNA of Neanderthals

The archaic human species that dominated Europe until 30,000 years ago is about to emerge from the shadows. With the help of a new DNA sequencing machine that operates with firefly light, the bones of the Neanderthals have begun to tell their story to geneticists.

One million units of Neanderthal DNA have already been analyzed, and a draft version of the entire genome, 3.2 billion units in length, should be ready in two years, said Dr. Svante Paabo, the leader of the research project at the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.

Biologists expect knowledge of the Neanderthal genome to reveal, by its differences with the human genome, many distinctive qualities of what it means to be human. Researchers also hope to resolve such questions as whether the Neanderthals spoke, what their hair and skin color were, and whether they interbred at all with the modern humans who first arrived on their doorstep 45,000 years ago, or were driven to extinction without leaving any genetic legacy.

Dr. Paabo has shared some of his precious sample of Neanderthal DNA with Edward M. Rubin of the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, Calif., whose team has identified 62,250 units of Neanderthal DNA by a different method. The two teams report their results in the journals Nature and Science respectively, saying they have independently demonstrated that recovery of the Neanderthal genome is now possible."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/15/science/16neanderthalcnd.html?hp&ex=1163653200&en=4da982bcdbc824fa&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[WindRavenX]

1. fantastic

NT

[originalpckelly]

6. Thanks...

It may clear up the debate as to whether he's the missing link.

[Bjorn Against]

2. Thanks for the laugh

:rofl:

[originalpckelly]

4. We'll finally be able to find out if Barbara is his real father.(nt)

Borat.

[EST]

3. We knew he was 99.4% human.

See his ears?

[Infomaniac]

5. This bit of science sponsored by the RNC

I can see the slogan for a new voter registration drive: We must Clone Neanderthals for Christ.

[originalpckelly]

7. Republican Neanderthal Cloners(nt)

[Infomaniac]

8. You owe me a keyboard.

Republicon Neanderthal Cloners.