tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post1971392455257231483..comments2024-03-28T13:00:43.523+05:30Comments on Rapid Uplift: What Makes Chimps and Humans DifferentSuvrat Kherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281172632784780810noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-44879326497147275802010-04-06T20:32:43.637+05:302010-04-06T20:32:43.637+05:30yeah the bit about variation being less than prima...yeah the bit about variation being less than primates has been reported but what is the cause is still not understood. a population bottleneck is a reasonable answer. <br /><br />Neanderthals were certainly around 50K ago and possibly other hominids in east Asia as well.Suvrat Kherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281172632784780810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-67071297762704042822010-04-06T15:14:26.941+05:302010-04-06T15:14:26.941+05:30this is interesting. on a slight tangent, I saw s...this is interesting. on a slight tangent, I saw somewhere that the genetic variation within homo sapiens is quite a bit less than you find among most other primates, which suggests that at one or more times the population of our species was reduced to very small numbers--probably in the thousands. and as recently as 50,000 years ago, we shared the earth with a lot of other kinds of "people." really fascinating stuff, this.Hari Battihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789125444941418973noreply@blogger.com