Comments on: Evolutionary genomics: Our Neanderthal cousins http://www.thecivicplatform.com/2008/08/19/evolutionary-genomics-our-neanderthal-cousins/ The Civic Platform has been launched to discuss and debate issues related to the West viewed as a cultural compound of Greco-Roman, Christian, and Germanic past. We firmly believe that race informs culture and is a necessary precondition for cultural identity and integrity. Hence, this political vehicle is dedicated to the preservation of the ethnic genetic interests (EGI) of people of European ancestry. Furthermore, since the West faces a demographic crisis of unprecedented proportions (for example, in 1950 Whites represented 30 percent of the world's population. This number will plummet to 8 percent by 2050), we hold that the current trends threatening the racial, historical, and cultural identities of people of European ancestry must be stopped and reversed, if the West is to survive and endure as a distinct racial, historical, and cultural entity. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:26:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Fred Scrooby http://www.thecivicplatform.com/2008/08/19/evolutionary-genomics-our-neanderthal-cousins/comment-page-1/#comment-30197 Fred Scrooby Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:46:34 +0000 http://www.thecivicplatform.com/2008/08/19/evolutionary-genomics-our-neanderthal-cousins/#comment-30197 <blockquote><i>"The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a 38,000 year-old Neanderthal confirms that our closest hominid relatives did not contribute significantly to the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineage of extant humans"</i></blockquote> John Hawks has reservations about this conclusion: http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/neandertal_dna/green-2008-complete-mtdna-sequence.html

“The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a 38,000 year-old Neanderthal confirms that our closest hominid relatives did not contribute significantly to the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineage of extant humans”

John Hawks has reservations about this conclusion:

http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/neandertal_dna/green-2008-complete-mtdna-sequence.html

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