4,000-year-old strands of hair unravel human travels

4,000-year-old strands of hair unravel human travels

Inuk — named after the word for man in the Greenland Inuit language — is the first ancient human being to have his genetic code read, offering important insights into his biology, appearance and migrations.

Video:
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Articles:
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www.timesonline.co.uk...

This amazing! more proof to show we're more incredible then we thought. Who knows? Soon we might meet aliens one day.

Too bad we haven't done more with stem cells so we could possibly use his hair to clone him and actually meet a caveman looking eskimo.

reply to post by Str8Jackit


We can clone a Neanderthal for 30 million dollars. That would be great to do.We can all play God, make an army of strong and savage men and women.

reply to post by Blue_Mage


Why not clone that Neanderthal? IF there is no God, how could one "play" God?

reply to post by mistafaz


who said anything about God being real or not. I'm just saying we can clone one because we have all the capabilities.

No offense to anyone, nor am I trying to be a mod, but please keep it on topic, I don't want this to turn into a debate about cloning or god.

Thanks.

reply to post by Blue_Mage


I was just screwing around.

Once again, I will be the "bad guy".

this has been done before, a few months back. Maybe the use of the search feature in the future will help glean topics that have been presented and discussed (to various extents). As I recall, DNA tests pointed that Inuk's area of origin was northeast Siberia (or northwest Siberia? Siberia it was, that is for sure!)

reply to post by mistafaz


I don't think it would be ethically right to clone a member of an extinct species solely for study, especially an intelligent, self-aware hominid. That man/woman would be alone, confused, scared, etc.