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IN the 18th century, Dennis the Hermit lived in the cave where fossil bones of the Denisovians were found. Obviously they were named after him. In any case, analysis of DNA found in a finger bone showed that they were genetically distinct from both Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens.
However, there must have been some hanky panky, because around 5% or modern humans have some DNA related to them.
The Australian Aboriginal genome shows some more sharing of alleles with the Denisovians, thus the connection between the Hermit and the Aborigines.
However, there must have been some hanky panky, because around 5% or modern humans have some DNA related to them.
The Australian Aboriginal genome shows some more sharing of alleles with the Denisovians, thus the connection between the Hermit and the Aborigines.
Spot on Dr Duck
Your go.
Here is the article I read.
Thanks Dr Karl
One of the big questions is: "Where did we come from?" Well, thanks to a strange fusion of a few different sciences, we're getting closer to finding out and the answer is pretty surprising.
The scientists included palaeontologists (the fossil dudes), geneticists (the DNA dudes) and archaeologists (the dudes who try to understand artifacts from our human past).
So here we are today, Homo sapiens, the only species of human left. But 100,000 years ago, there were at least three different species of human, and possibly six. So, to understand this, let's look at the timeline of our evolution.
Well, the story begins in Africa about six to eight million years ago, when there was the big split between the line that led to us, and the line that led to the chimpanzees. Around 2.6 million years, our ancestors had invented rock tools and had a brain around 400 to 500 cubic centimeters or cc.
Via evolution, the brain size gradually increased, and by around 600,000 years ago, our direct ancestor was Homo heidelbergensis. They were not that different from us the brain was only about 100cc smaller, at around 1,200cc, and there's very strong evidence that they had language.
Around 500,000 years ago, a group of hominins (almost certainly Homo heidelbergensis) walked out of Africa forever, heading north for Europe and Asia. By around 300,000 years ago, they had evolved into two different species.
Now, one species was the Neanderthals, who headed west, towards Europe. About 100,000 years ago, they got itchy feet and began spreading east, towards Asia. The last Neanderthals died out as recently as 30,000 years ago, in caves in Gibraltar. We've known about the existence of the Neanderthals for nearly two centuries.
The other species (who also descended from Homo heidelbergensis) headed east towards Asia. They are also our long-lost cousins, but we've known about them only since 2010, when some remains were found in a cave in the Altai Mountains. Now, these mountains are in Southern Siberia, about 2600 kilometres north of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
In the 18th century, a hermit named Denis lived in this very cave and in 2008, an archaeologist exploring this cave found a tiny 40,000 year-old bone. It was a chip of the middle section of a little finger and when DNA was analysed, there was a huge surprise it was human, but it was not Neanderthal, and it wasn't us, Homo sapiens. So this new species of extinct human was called Denisovan, after the hermit, Denis.
So getting back to our timeline, about a quarter-of-a-million years ago, there were at least three species of humans on the planet. There was Homo heidelbergensis, still hanging around in Africa, the Neanderthals who had gone West to Europe, and the Denisovans in the East.
Then, in Africa, by around 200,000 years ago, Homo heidelbergensis had gradually evolved into us, Homo sapiens and, about 65 to 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens left Africa, and spread across the world. They walked into Europe, and, to a very limited degree, they interbred with the Neanderthals.
Now, by this time, the Neanderthals had walked across to the east, in fact, to that very same cave that Denis the Hermit lived in. But the Neanderthals never walked back into Africa. So, all of us, except for Africans, today carry some Neanderthal DNA. About 2.5 per cent of our DNA (excluding Africans) is Neanderthal DNA.
Early Homo sapiens, when they left Africa, about 65 to 70,000 years ago, also went East and West. To a limited degree, the early Homo sapiens interbred with the Denisovans. So today, in the Melanesians of Papua New Guinea and of Bougainville, and in the Australian Aborigines, there's some Denisovan DNA up to five per cent.
But these answers, of course, lead to more questions.
First, if our Homo sapiens ancestors bred with the Denisovans, you can see how the Australian Aborigines and the Melanesians could have some Denisovan DNA. But how come hardly anybody else in Asia has any Denisovan DNA?
Second, we know that there were a few other species of humans around in the past such as the Neanderthals and the Denisovans, and almost certainly Homo floresiensis. Why did they die out?
We don't know.
But, this cave, now it was home to the Neanderthals and the Denisovans and to us Homo sapiens and, not to mention, Denis the Hermit. Here's the big question: What's so great about this cave?
Your go.
Here is the article I read.
Thanks Dr Karl
One of the big questions is: "Where did we come from?" Well, thanks to a strange fusion of a few different sciences, we're getting closer to finding out and the answer is pretty surprising.
The scientists included palaeontologists (the fossil dudes), geneticists (the DNA dudes) and archaeologists (the dudes who try to understand artifacts from our human past).
So here we are today, Homo sapiens, the only species of human left. But 100,000 years ago, there were at least three different species of human, and possibly six. So, to understand this, let's look at the timeline of our evolution.
Well, the story begins in Africa about six to eight million years ago, when there was the big split between the line that led to us, and the line that led to the chimpanzees. Around 2.6 million years, our ancestors had invented rock tools and had a brain around 400 to 500 cubic centimeters or cc.
Via evolution, the brain size gradually increased, and by around 600,000 years ago, our direct ancestor was Homo heidelbergensis. They were not that different from us the brain was only about 100cc smaller, at around 1,200cc, and there's very strong evidence that they had language.
Around 500,000 years ago, a group of hominins (almost certainly Homo heidelbergensis) walked out of Africa forever, heading north for Europe and Asia. By around 300,000 years ago, they had evolved into two different species.
Now, one species was the Neanderthals, who headed west, towards Europe. About 100,000 years ago, they got itchy feet and began spreading east, towards Asia. The last Neanderthals died out as recently as 30,000 years ago, in caves in Gibraltar. We've known about the existence of the Neanderthals for nearly two centuries.
The other species (who also descended from Homo heidelbergensis) headed east towards Asia. They are also our long-lost cousins, but we've known about them only since 2010, when some remains were found in a cave in the Altai Mountains. Now, these mountains are in Southern Siberia, about 2600 kilometres north of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
In the 18th century, a hermit named Denis lived in this very cave and in 2008, an archaeologist exploring this cave found a tiny 40,000 year-old bone. It was a chip of the middle section of a little finger and when DNA was analysed, there was a huge surprise it was human, but it was not Neanderthal, and it wasn't us, Homo sapiens. So this new species of extinct human was called Denisovan, after the hermit, Denis.
So getting back to our timeline, about a quarter-of-a-million years ago, there were at least three species of humans on the planet. There was Homo heidelbergensis, still hanging around in Africa, the Neanderthals who had gone West to Europe, and the Denisovans in the East.
Then, in Africa, by around 200,000 years ago, Homo heidelbergensis had gradually evolved into us, Homo sapiens and, about 65 to 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens left Africa, and spread across the world. They walked into Europe, and, to a very limited degree, they interbred with the Neanderthals.
Now, by this time, the Neanderthals had walked across to the east, in fact, to that very same cave that Denis the Hermit lived in. But the Neanderthals never walked back into Africa. So, all of us, except for Africans, today carry some Neanderthal DNA. About 2.5 per cent of our DNA (excluding Africans) is Neanderthal DNA.
Early Homo sapiens, when they left Africa, about 65 to 70,000 years ago, also went East and West. To a limited degree, the early Homo sapiens interbred with the Denisovans. So today, in the Melanesians of Papua New Guinea and of Bougainville, and in the Australian Aborigines, there's some Denisovan DNA up to five per cent.
But these answers, of course, lead to more questions.
First, if our Homo sapiens ancestors bred with the Denisovans, you can see how the Australian Aborigines and the Melanesians could have some Denisovan DNA. But how come hardly anybody else in Asia has any Denisovan DNA?
Second, we know that there were a few other species of humans around in the past such as the Neanderthals and the Denisovans, and almost certainly Homo floresiensis. Why did they die out?
We don't know.
But, this cave, now it was home to the Neanderthals and the Denisovans and to us Homo sapiens and, not to mention, Denis the Hermit. Here's the big question: What's so great about this cave?
Great question, RJ, I knew about the Denisovians and Aborigines, but not about Dennis the Hermit, who among other things was supposed to have walked around for two miles carrying his head and preaching after being decapitated.
Now for a question, which Australian comedian had a name associated with gold prospecting equipment?
Hint - it was his real name, not his stage name.
Now for a question, which Australian comedian had a name associated with gold prospecting equipment?
Hint - it was his real name, not his stage name.
Roy Rene (15 February 1891 22 November 1954), born Harry van der Sluys?
That's it - when I was a kid the ABC use to regularly broadcast repeats of his old radio series McCacky Mansions.
How did you come up with the answer? I checked google and if you tried comedian sluice it comes up first link. The spelling of his name is variously Sluice or Sluys.
Your turn.
How did you come up with the answer? I checked google and if you tried comedian sluice it comes up first link. The spelling of his name is variously Sluice or Sluys.
Your turn.
I googled Australian comedians read thru the list WIKI. Nothing.
After your hint about real vs stage names I googled "Australian comedians" "stage names".
Went thru that list. Sluys was only 1 I could see that sounded like prospecting gear.
A question shortly follows
After your hint about real vs stage names I googled "Australian comedians" "stage names".
Went thru that list. Sluys was only 1 I could see that sounded like prospecting gear.
A question shortly follows
What is the unfortunate circumstance that has caused the mighty Karri tree to be harvested for wood chips?
Apart from just being a big assed tree
Apart from just being a big assed tree
Is it that there is a certain amount of poorer quality timber not suitable for milling, that can be chipped and sent to Japan to make photographic paper?
No Doc
We discussed in an earlier question why Australia has a huge diversity of plant life.
There's a hint
We discussed in an earlier question why Australia has a huge diversity of plant life.
There's a hint
global warming
No Duck.
Something to do with where they grow. Benefit to those who cut them down.
Something to do with where they grow. Benefit to those who cut them down.
Is it because it grows on Karri Loam, a very deep soil that is prized for its ability support pasture?
Not for plantation timber i hope
DrDuck said:
So close I gotta give it to ya Doc.
My information is that the soil is high in buaxite.
So after using the "full sunlight regeneration method" ie. Chopping all the trees down for wood chips, the buaxite could be mined.
Double paycheck for the company that does the work.
Your turn Dr Duck
Very generous, RJ, I would have held out. A good question.
The very deep red soil, full of Aluminium oxides and sesquioxides. In the wet warm climate with deep humus from the Karri bark, the humic acids leach out the silica from the soil, leaving the iron and aluminum in the top of the soil profile. This is how the laterites formed back in the day when a lot of Australia was warm and wet.
I'll have to think something up.
I remember that from Uni back in the late 70's. Funny how some things stick.
The very deep red soil, full of Aluminium oxides and sesquioxides. In the wet warm climate with deep humus from the Karri bark, the humic acids leach out the silica from the soil, leaving the iron and aluminum in the top of the soil profile. This is how the laterites formed back in the day when a lot of Australia was warm and wet.
I'll have to think something up.
I remember that from Uni back in the late 70's. Funny how some things stick.
headbut
Paul
Wagga wagga wagga RR
How about this, what was the name of this popular drink in colonial times, variously made of beer and raspberry cordial, or rum and raspberry cordial?
While the beer and raspberry version seems to be popular in Germany today, according to google, this is not the version I'm after.
More points for a poem or literary reference to the drink!
While the beer and raspberry version seems to be popular in Germany today, according to google, this is not the version I'm after.
More points for a poem or literary reference to the drink!
headbut said:Wagga wagga wagga RR
Hey HB . Welcome home
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