Posted 26th May to the Dominion Post Newspaper Wellington NZ
I just noticed that National Geographic is having a crack and altering our universal perceived wisdom about Human Evolution and Race, which is a very volatile to say the least, but their argument about all human races is not scientifically valid is just wishful thinking as it takes no account of the DNA markers from Neanderthal Man in Europe and Peking Man in Asia when the first wave of Homo Sapiens swam the gap from Africa to Yemen and spread across the Globe.
National Geographic points out that humans are near 99 percent genetically similar to Chimps yet Europeans are with 1 to 2 percent Neanderthal DNA Markers that means they are removed from the African Diaspora the same percentage ??
I guess its too early for us to have an adult discussion about OUR DNA in these times. So lets default to “I don’t know for sure but it sounds right”.
So the idea that DNA is not unique to mankind but to all living things sounds right? That Humans are a hybrid of Bonobos and chimps might explain our confused social behaviours? That somewhere we have picked up Marine mammal genetic characteristics not known in Chimps and Bonobos should be looked into?
Sounds like a right job for our Journalists to become DNA detectives before changing our perceived wisdom ?
I just noticed that National Geographic is having a crack and altering our universal perceived wisdom about Human Evolution and Race, which is a very volatile to say the least, but their argument about all human races is not scientifically valid is just wishful thinking as it takes no account of the DNA markers from Neanderthal Man in Europe and Peking Man in Asia when the first wave of Homo Sapiens swam the gap from Africa to Yemen and spread across the Globe.
National Geographic points out that humans are near 99 percent genetically similar to Chimps yet Europeans are with 1 to 2 percent Neanderthal DNA Markers that means they are removed from the African Diaspora the same percentage ??
I guess its too early for us to have an adult discussion about OUR DNA in these times. So lets default to “I don’t know for sure but it sounds right”.
So the idea that DNA is not unique to mankind but to all living things sounds right? That Humans are a hybrid of Bonobos and chimps might explain our confused social behaviours? That somewhere we have picked up Marine mammal genetic characteristics not known in Chimps and Bonobos should be looked into?
Sounds like a right job for our Journalists to become DNA detectives before changing our perceived wisdom ?
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