<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : neanderthal : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/71615/1/" /><id>71615</id><summary><![CDATA[Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome]]></summary><issued>2008-08-07T22:03:06+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-07T22:03:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[DNA extracted from a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal bone has just enabled scientists to sequence the complete mitochondrial genome for the human-like species.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Human Likely Killed Neanderthal]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130246/1/" /><id>130246</id><summary><![CDATA[Human Likely Killed Neanderthal]]></summary><issued>2009-08-08T19:41:34+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-08T19:41:34+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Neanderthal man who lived as recently as 50,000 years ago may have been killed by a modern human armed with an advanced projectile weapon, a new study suggests.<br/><br/>If confirmed, the Paleolithic &quot;murder&quot; would be the first compelling case for an anatomically modern human using a weapon against a member of the extinct human species.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Should we bring a Neanderthal back to life?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/94847/1/" /><id>94847</id><summary><![CDATA[Should we bring a Neanderthal back to life?]]></summary><issued>2009-02-16T14:59:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-16T14:59:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Now that the Neanderthal genome has been decoded, some say it is possible to use gene therapy to create a modern day Neanderthal - but should we?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Neanderthal skull fragment found in the north sea]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/123279/1/" /><id>123279</id><summary><![CDATA[Neanderthal skull fragment found in the north sea]]></summary><issued>2009-06-16T11:16:18+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-16T11:16:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A 60,000 year old piece of skull has been dredged up in the north sea.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Women Should Stay At Home?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/41764/1/" /><id>41764</id><summary><![CDATA[Women Should Stay At Home?]]></summary><issued>2007-11-15T23:26:20+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-15T23:26:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[New evidence points to another possibility to explain the extinction of the Neanderthal. Women's Lib was alive and well with the Neanderthals. Womon hunted big game with the men. Excessive number of casualties amongst the fertile women may have doomed the Neanderthals]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Singing Neanderthal]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/arts/l/99916/1/" /><id>99916</id><summary><![CDATA[The Singing Neanderthal]]></summary><issued>2009-03-16T01:10:51+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-16T01:10:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Music moves the human body (our feet tap, our bodies sway) and the human heart (our emotions beat in time to a song&#8217;s pulse). Every child in every society creates music, defined to include song and dance: it&#8217;s a fundamental activity of Homo sapiens.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[ Neanderthal man cleaned his teeth, experts find]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/35619/1/" /><id>35619</id><summary><![CDATA[ Neanderthal man cleaned his teeth, experts find]]></summary><issued>2007-09-13T22:39:48+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-13T22:39:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Two molar teeth of around 63,400 years old show that Neanderthal predecessors of humans may have been dental hygiene fans. The teeth have &quot;grooves formed by the passage of a pointed object, which confirms the use of a small stick for cleaning the mouth.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New evidence on the role of climate in Neanderthal extinction]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/35932/1/" /><id>35932</id><summary><![CDATA[New evidence on the role of climate in Neanderthal extinction]]></summary><issued>2007-09-17T10:48:48+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-17T10:48:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The mystery of what killed the Neanderthals has moved a step closer to resolution after an international study led by the University of Leeds has ruled out one of the competing theories &#8211; catastrophic climate change &#8211; as the most likely cause.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Neanderthal DNA Can Be Reconstructed]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/25267/1/" /><id>25267</id><summary><![CDATA[Neanderthal DNA Can Be Reconstructed]]></summary><issued>2007-06-26T17:16:06+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-26T17:16:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers are confident they can reconstruct Neanderthal DNA, which will answer long-standing questions of why they went extinct and our species survived.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Neanderthals may have had language skills]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/38961/1/" /><id>38961</id><summary><![CDATA[Neanderthals may have had language skills]]></summary><issued>2007-10-20T04:33:33+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-20T04:33:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[FOXP2, to date the only gene known to play a role in speech and language, has now been found by scientists to be identical in Neanderthals and Humans.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Human Evolution Tree]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20666/1/" /><id>20666</id><summary><![CDATA[The Human Evolution Tree]]></summary><issued>2007-05-18T01:29:11+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-18T01:29:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Who were our semi-genetic prehistoric ancestors? What the heck are you asking me for?! That's why I posted the darn link!! Geez. Try to keep up, will you?!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Did our ancestors eat each other?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/7062/1/" /><id>7062</id><summary><![CDATA[Did our ancestors eat each other?]]></summary><issued>2006-12-06T08:43:23+01:00</issued><modified>2006-12-06T08:43:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Were our ancestors cannibals?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Grunt work: Scientists make Neanderthals speak again]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/58581/1/" /><id>58581</id><summary><![CDATA[Grunt work: Scientists make Neanderthals speak again]]></summary><issued>2008-04-16T19:22:37+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-16T19:22:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[After a nearly 30,000-year silence, Neanderthals are speaking once more, thanks to researchers who have modelled the hominids&#8217; larynx to replicate the possible sounds they would have made, New Scientist says.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Carrot-top Cavemen?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/13053/1/" /><id>13053</id><summary><![CDATA[Carrot-top Cavemen?]]></summary><issued>2007-03-13T22:47:44+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-13T22:47:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Did the &quot;ginger gene&quot; for red hair evolve in Neanderthals and cross over into our species by interbreeding? An interesting hypothesis.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Neanderthal DNA unraveled ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/5886/1/" /><id>5886</id><summary><![CDATA[Neanderthal DNA unraveled ]]></summary><issued>2006-11-15T19:22:00+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-15T19:22:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Turns out I am NOT the missing link.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Taste test' for Neanderthal DNA]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130587/1/" /><id>130587</id><summary><![CDATA[Taste test' for Neanderthal DNA]]></summary><issued>2009-08-12T21:09:32+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-12T21:09:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[DNA analysis of ancient remains shows that Neanderthals shared with modern humans the gene that gives the ability to taste bitter flavours.<br/>Most people find the chemical, known as PTC, very bitter, but 25% cannot taste it at all.<br/><br/>The two groups have different taste receptors on their tongues.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Multiple &#8220;Races&#8221; of Neanderthals]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/108172/1/" /><id>108172</id><summary><![CDATA[Multiple &#8220;Races&#8221; of Neanderthals]]></summary><issued>2009-04-19T13:48:54+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-19T13:48:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers from the Universite de la Mediterranee-CNRS-EFS in France analyzed the DNA of Neanderthal fossils and found that the species might actually be composed of several &quot;races&quot;:<br/>    <i>We tend to think of Neanderthals as one species of cavemen-like creatures, but now scientists say there were actually at least three different subgroups of Neanderthals.</i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[100,000 Years of Sex]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/10189/1/" /><id>10189</id><summary><![CDATA[100,000 Years of Sex]]></summary><issued>2007-02-06T09:03:38+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-06T09:03:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Museum exhibit featuring Ancient phalluses, the world's oldest condom, a naked anatomically correct Neanderthal, and other interesting oddities. Might not be SFW.]]></content></entry></items></xml>