1. Uncommon Ancestors Razib Khan A fashionable Neanderthal ancestor in feathers

2. In the beginning....

3. Charles Darwin, up from apes

5. vs. polygenism, dominant position

6. Modern scientific polygenism

7. Modern scientific monogenism

8. 1987, “Out of Africa” monogenism victorious!

9. Cultural impact of “Out of Africa”

11. Africans more diverse

12. Non-Africans “branch” of Africans

13. Implies recent African origin of all of humanity

15. The total genome supports African origin

16. Skulls don't lie, Africans had modern skulls first

19. Case closed, we won, they lost?

21. How Do These Populations Relate

22. How Do “They” Relate To “Us”

24. Living “Archaic” Humans

28. Is why most of “Jerry's kids” are male

29. “Big” gene, huge RNA transcript

30. Critical to skeletal muscle development

33. We look very similar....

34. Except, he is considerably more “robust”

35. Coincidence?

38. Are you inferior to those who aren't part Neanderthal?

39. Or are they inferior to you?

40. Does Neanderthal make you superior, and Denisovan make Papuans inferior?