That's good, because it doesn't actually make sense in a complex system (just like proportion of intelligence accounted for by genetics/environment doesn't make any sense either).
I was just parroting what I had read many, many times before. Best, Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo On 2012-08-15, at 9:55 AM, Paul Brandon <pkbra...@hickorytech.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Chris-- > > An example of the complexity of the science. > Most of the current articles don't seem to talk about percent overlap. > > Nature. > 2012 Jun 28;486(7404):527-31. > The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes. > > Pr=FCfer K > , Munch K, Hellmann I, Akagi K, Miller JR, Walenz B, Koren S, Sutton G, = > Kodira C, Winer R, Knight JR, Mullikin JC, Meader SJ, Ponting CP, Lunter = > G, Higashino S, Hobolth A, Dutheil J, Karako=E7 E, Alkan C, Sajjadian S, = > Catacchio CR, Ventura M, Marques-Bonet T, Eichler EE, Andr=E9 C, Atencia = > R, Mugisha L, Junhold J, Patterson N, Siebauer M, Good JM, Fischer A, = > Ptak SE, Lachmann M, Symer DE, Mailund T, Schierup MH, Andr=E9s AM, = > Kelso J, P=E4=E4bo S. > Source > > Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, = > Germany. prue...@eva.mpg.de > > Abstract > > Two African apes are the closest living relatives of humans: the = > chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and the bonobo (Pan paniscus). Although = > they are similar in many respects, bonobos and chimpanzees differ = > strikingly in key social and sexual behaviours, and for some of these = > traits they show more similarity with humans than with each other. Here = > we report the sequencing and assembly of the bonobo genome to study its = > evolutionary relationship with the chimpanzee and human genomes. We find = > that more than three per cent of the human genome is more closely = > related to either the bonobo or the chimpanzee genome than these are to = > each other. These regions allow various aspects of the ancestry of the = > two ape species to be reconstructed. In addition, many of the regions = > that overlap genes may eventually help us understand the genetic basis = > of phenotypes that humans share with one of the two apes to the = > exclusion of the other. > > On Aug 14, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Christopher Green wrote: > >> On 2012-08-14, at 11:25 AM, Paul Brandon wrote: >> >>> On Aug 14, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Christopher Green wrote: >>> >>>> On 2012-08-14, at 10:11 AM, Michael Palij wrote: >>>> >>>>> There a few papers causing a lot of discussion among researchers on the >>>>> question of whether (a) humans and Neanderthals interbreed or (b) did >>>>> not interbreed but date back to a common ancestor long ago. What is >>>>> also interesting is the role that peer review and the length it takes for >>>>> scientific papers to get published. There are a variety of sources on >>>>> this >>>>> but this article highlights the role of peer review and publication lag; >>>>> see: >>>>> http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/08/mating-with-neanderthals-is-off-again-on-again/ >>>> >>>> I love the sleight of hand implicit in the turn of phrase, "what our >>>> ancestors may or may not have done with Neanderthals" (at the end of the >>>> first paragraph). If ancient sapiens were "doing it" with Neanderthals, >>>> then the Neaderthals are every bit as much "our ancestors" as the sapiens >>>> are. >>> >>> >>> 4% genetic overlap, I believe. >>> >> >> Depends on how you count, Paul. Since we have something like a 99% genetic >> overlap with chimps, I'm guessing our genetic overlap with Neanderthals >> probably covers pretty close to 99% (96%, if you prefer) of the remaining >> 1%. > > Paul Brandon > Emeritus Professor of Psychology > Minnesota State University, Mankato > pkbra...@hickorytech.net > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=19755 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-19755-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19759 or send a blank email to leave-19759-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
