Comments on: Are aboriginal Australians and New Guineans the modern-day descendants of the extinct species Homo erectus? http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus Adding DNA to the Genealogist's Toolbox Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Negronius http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/comment-page-1/#comment-6849 Negronius Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:11:14 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/#comment-6849 They are an archaic remnant population of the first modern humans to migrate out of Africa. There may likely have been some interbreeding with older homo species in Asia.

]]> By: How exactly does evolution work? http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/comment-page-1/#comment-5154 How exactly does evolution work? Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:42:35 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/#comment-5154 [...] for australian aborigines, they were of the same group that originally left africa, read this: http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-mode…Quote from: MSh on Today at 08:47:04 AMQuote from: Magnus on Today at 04:56:04 AMJojo, white people [...]

]]> By: Homo Erectus: Extinct or still with us? - ProjectCOVO.com Global Forum http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/comment-page-1/#comment-3666 Homo Erectus: Extinct or still with us? - ProjectCOVO.com Global Forum Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:06:01 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/#comment-3666 [...] http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com…-homo-erectus/ __________________ Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless – Kenny Powers [...]

]]> By: LeMaur http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/comment-page-1/#comment-3555 LeMaur Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:36:58 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/#comment-3555 Haha, right. The 10,000 year “modern human” lie was created by white anthropologists in a time when them aborigines were still legally considered “flora & fauna.” ACTUAL modern humans arose about 50,000, at least thats what my anthropology professor explained, which encompasses every known living human group from abos to native americans to papuans to certain ancient African tribes MUCH older than 10,000 years.

]]> By: Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center • View topic - How would you feel about a half-human half-chimp hybrid? http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/comment-page-1/#comment-3058 Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center • View topic - How would you feel about a half-human half-chimp hybrid? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:52:05 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/#comment-3058 [...] similarites in the skull, genetic testing doesn’t bear out a DNA contribution from H. erectus:http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/20 … o-erectus/They are descended from the same stock as all other modern humans.I’m going to ask you not to go [...]

]]> By: ryan shivdasani http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/comment-page-1/#comment-2402 ryan shivdasani Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:58:34 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/#comment-2402 if they don’t share any ancestry with other groups of humans for more than 40,000 years, why are modern humans are considered to have emerged only 10,000 years ago in europe from cro-magnons? Are aboriginies considered to be something other than modern humans? Are native americans considered to be something else as well? What about isolated groups of african people like the pygmies or the people of south india, who are genetically similar to aboriginies? are these people biologically different according to the evolutionary terms applied to our species or does the definition of cro magnon man differing from modern man imply that it is a bogus concept?

]]> By: 100,000-year-old human skull found - Topix http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 100,000-year-old human skull found - Topix Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:36:12 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/#comment-1522 [...] diversified as far-flung groups adapted to new challenges, becoming different "races".http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/… About 74,000bpe, the most powerful volcanic eruption ever known occurred on Sumatra. Mt. Tuba, and [...]

]]> By: 100,000-year-old human skull found - Topix http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/comment-page-1/#comment-1516 100,000-year-old human skull found - Topix Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:45:52 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/#comment-1516 [...] diversified as far-flung groups adapted to new challenges, becoming different "races". http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/… About 74,000bpe, the most powerful volcanic eruption ever known occurred on Sumatra. Mt. Tuba, and [...]

]]> By: Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D. http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D. Wed, 16 May 2007 11:54:24 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/#comment-86 Great point, especially since the Y chromosome and mtDNA represent only about 0.4% of the entire male genome. The results suggest that instead of looking at the Y chromosome or mtDNA, researchers can now focus on autosomal DNA to look for clues to aboriginal ancestry. My biggest complaint with the study was the sample size, which was only about 700 DNA samples. I’m sure these samples are difficult to obtain, but there’s still plenty of opportunity for mysterious DNA to be out there. Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: RPM http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/comment-page-1/#comment-85 RPM Wed, 16 May 2007 11:23:30 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/05/15/are-aboriginal-australians-and-new-guineans-the-modern-day-descendants-of-the-extinct-species-homo-erectus/#comment-85 The results suggest that the Australian aboriginals are descendants of the same emigrant group that left Africa 50,000 to 70,000 years ago and populated Europe and Asia.

Two loci does not a demographic study make. The results say nothing about autosomal contributions of any archaic species to aboriginal genomes. Those will be difficult (and maybe impossible) to detect unless they have adaptively introgressed into the aboriginal population. Simple introgression won’t leave a genomic signature clear enough to be detected using any known techniques.

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