Is the Neanderthal lineage older than we thought

Hello MOESAN,
The posts on the distribution of hairs on the body, at least those that I and Salento have posted, are not backed on any scientific basis. It was much more a joke we did about the distribution of hairs in the body and its possible relationship with some naenderthal gene. Nothing to take seriously. In fact there is the stereotype of the Mediterranean, hairy and low, and the stereotype of the Nordic, smooth and tall, but we did not specifically address this issue, because, as you said, are stereotypes. I am a Mediterranean type with many hairs throughout the body. However I am not low: I have 1.82 meters tall, weighing 90 kg and my eyes are clear. But since I am not really an European, I can not be used as a benchmark for comparison with any of the supposed European ethnicities, since I am possibly a mixture of the DNA of all European ethnicities with a delicious dash of SSA DNA. Big Hug and a nice weekend (y):)

OK! But phoenotypes are based on statistical trends among pops and have their utility spite we know there is no true barrier between individuals and folks, as an unique specy. At the individual level you can be very mixed but show external look very close to a (rather) collective and "pure" phoenotype. these type have no value at the individual level; only high %'s can eventually show some links with the story of a population, the most of the time on relatively short scales of time compared to long term evolution. IMO.
Thanks for answer. I was really taking all this for God's words!
 
I don't want to get off topic, but from discussions with archaeologists, I've always understood that the thicker the skin the fewer the wrinkles. In fact, my archaeologist for the last ten years or so, who is Korean American, told me that's why East Asians wrinkle less.

From observation here in America, the more "North European", and specifically the more Celtic fringe the woman the faster the wrinkling and the decrease in collagen. I have Irish girlfriends who had so many wrinkles and crows feet at 35 that if you went by that alone you'd think they were 50 and more. Some of that may have to do with getting too much sun, but some of it is also due to fragility of skin.

So, maybe some new statistics have to be done.

Whether it has anything to do with Neanderthal ancestry I have no idea.

Angela, I beg your pardon (LOL!) - I expressed badly myself. For me the thick skins produce deeper and more visible wrinkles seen from far, but it's true, not denser ones. Sorry for imprecision. But wrinkles are surely not only linked to skin thickness; maybe some problems of collagen too, I think. But i'm not a specialist of derma, I have only eyes (two, the most of the time). I observed too that skin thickness is not by force a sign of health: some red hairs types have as a rule a thick but very fragile skin, and they too are often deeply wrinkled with age. Have a good rest after all our posts!
 
@Duarte
For Clarity:
the Back Hair Neanderthal result I posted is not a joke, it’s real, all the Neanderthal results I posted are real.

We did joke about it later on, but ... :)

So, what is the answer? Were all Neanderthal people back naked or only the ones possessing your supposedly mutated gene? Thanks for answer...
 
Angela, I beg your pardon (LOL!) - I expressed badly myself. For me the thick skins produce deeper and more visible wrinkles seen from far, but it's true, not denser ones. Sorry for imprecision. But wrinkles are surely not only linked to skin thickness; maybe some problems of collagen too, I think. But i'm not a specialist of derma, I have only eyes (two, the most of the time). I observed too that skin thickness is not by force a sign of health: some red hairs types have as a rule a thick but very fragile skin, and they too are often deeply wrinkled with age. Have a good rest after all our posts!

I can't believe I wrote archaeologists instead of dermatologists in the first line! :useless: I'm starting to worry about these glitches.:sad-2:

I'm going to correct it.

Have a wonderful week-end Moesan. :)
 
So, what is the answer? Were all Neanderthal people back naked or only the ones possessing your supposedly mutated gene? Thanks for answer...


I really don’t know Moesan. Sorry.
 
I can't believe I wrote archaeologists instead of dermatologists in the first line! :useless: I'm starting to worry about these glitches.:sad-2:

I'm going to correct it.



Have a wonderful week-end Moesan. :)

I'm not to bad too at this sport: 'bald' in place of 'bold' in another thread and so on...
but you have an almost 50% score (the 'mean', we say it in French) because you had the '-logists' part which was correct! And when wrinkles are very deep the dermatologist's work turns into an archeologist's one.
noswezh vad deoc'h. Bona notti!
 

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