Meldrum's screw board method, and findings, DNA findings by Meldrum Options

[colobus]

Good scrutiny there Ray.

As many have concluded, Henner is out of his depth with the hair thing. I guess that's what you get when you send a parasitologist to study hair. That fact that he's kept all of his findings so close to the vest, and not published anything on the hair - not a word (let alone a journal article) has always been a red flag.

When he did go on record in Jeff's book his main point was the whole medulla issue. But that band plays on.

Thanks for the links.







Edited for spelling.

This post has been edited by colobus: Feb 18 2008, 01:54 PM

[Mon0705]

I have one simple question regarding the DNA obtained. It was stated that it was quite similar to humans but different from known animals.

It's also been stated that Kennewick man had a slightly differing DNA from the known Native Americans. Is it possible that the DNA from the screw board could be compared to Kennewick mans?

Good question. I don't know the extent of genetic analysis done on Kennewick Man (someone else would have to fill-in the details). I doubt the DNA could be compared directly as is, since it is likely that Kennewick Man's DNA sequence and the 400bp from the screwboard likely were different fragments of the genome. However, if a pretty good sample of Kennewick Man's DNA is available, it would be possible to try to compare them. But I'm unsure if that's available.

[mike2k1]

Good scrutiny there Ray.

As many have concluded, Henner is out of his depth with the hair thing. I guess that's what you get when you send a parasitologist to study hair. That fact that he's kept all of his findings so close to the vest, and not published anything on the hair - not a word (let alone a journal article) has always been a red flag.

I completely agree. Until he decides to publish something, his findings are meaningless in the scheme of things.

[BigfootXists]

This is interesting stuff, thanks. Why would it take a year to figure out if the DNA is from a primate and if so, if that primate is known? I don't get it; we can do a human DNA match in a few days, right?

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