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This article does not do any effort to describe the results of the Neanderthal Genome Project and gives [[WP:UNDUE]] weight to secondary opinions. Morover, it [[WP:FORK]]s information already dealt with in the [[Neanderthal]] article. Thus, it basically represents just one point of view, that does not even represent the view of the Neanderthal Genome Project. This is not conform [[WP:NPOV]] policy. For this it should be reorganised and rewritten completely, or nominated for deletion. What will it be? [[User:Rokus01|Rokus01]] ([[User talk:Rokus01|talk]]) 14:50, 24 December 2007 (UTC) |
This article does not do any effort to describe the results of the Neanderthal Genome Project and gives [[WP:UNDUE]] weight to secondary opinions. Morover, it [[WP:FORK]]s information already dealt with in the [[Neanderthal]] article. Thus, it basically represents just one point of view, that does not even represent the view of the Neanderthal Genome Project. This is not conform [[WP:NPOV]] policy. For this it should be reorganised and rewritten completely, or nominated for deletion. What will it be? [[User:Rokus01|Rokus01]] ([[User talk:Rokus01|talk]]) 14:50, 24 December 2007 (UTC) |
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Rokus, contribute constructively and honestly, or go away. [[User:Dbachmann|dab]] <small>[[User_talk:Dbachmann|(𒁳)]]</small> 14:01, 25 December 2007 (UTC) |
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Contamination?
The article does not explain how genes of anatomically modern humans could "contaminate" Neanderthal genes. How do I have to imagine this? Did Neanderthalers know how to transplant AMS tissues in their femurs, or did they simply eat them for being "contaminated"? Or maybe it was with Homo Sapiens genes traveling through groundwater? Or air contamination from the remains of incinerated Humans by some prehistoric and extinct aircraft? Really, here the lobby against the whole idea of modern humans descending from Neanderthalers has me seriously puzzled. Rokus01 (talk) 22:19, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- sigh, read the article. We are to understand the contamination took place in the laboratory, not in the Paleolithic. There is no "lobby", there is simply no evidence of crossbreeding, although people are frantically looking for it. dab (𒁳) 19:06, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
The article does not make clear why the contamination was specifically human and not of a cockroach. Also, I don't think the article represents the investigation in a balanced way since this contamination-thing is just an allegation of opponents to the project results. To be clear: the only way to accept such a contamination is by adhering to the assumption the results have been tampered with. Not an encyclopedic thing to do. Rokus01 (talk) 23:35, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
- Humans are the ones doing the labwork, not cockroaches. Although several practices are in place to protect samples (gloves, laminar/biohaz cabinets, use of ethanol, protected reagents, maybe even hairnets) it is still not unheard of for molecular biologists to contaminate their own samples with their own DNA (hair, skin flakes etc.). As the techniques used only require small amounts of DNA, even the smallest contamination from a laboratory worker can scuffle results, especially when dealing with human or almost-human DNA.--ZayZayEM (talk) 02:06, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
So far this scenario is just unconfirmed speculation. Another possibility is human genes being "contaminated" with neanderthal genes and some don't want to accept. Rokus01 (talk) 14:50, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
- Please rephrase your scenario. It does not make sense. I do not think you understanding the use of contamination in this context.--ZayZayEM (talk) 07:37, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Delete this article?
This article does not do any effort to describe the results of the Neanderthal Genome Project and gives WP:UNDUE weight to secondary opinions. Morover, it WP:FORKs information already dealt with in the Neanderthal article. Thus, it basically represents just one point of view, that does not even represent the view of the Neanderthal Genome Project. This is not conform WP:NPOV policy. For this it should be reorganised and rewritten completely, or nominated for deletion. What will it be? Rokus01 (talk) 14:50, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Rokus, contribute constructively and honestly, or go away. dab (𒁳) 14:01, 25 December 2007 (UTC)