Is the reason non-Africans lag in running because of Neadethal breeding?

I listened to a story about this on NPR yesterday, and I actually came to the opposite conclusion.

What aren't Non-Africans more dominant in ALL physical contests?

Neanderthals were much stronger and faster than homo sapiens, and I would think that the breeding between the two species would create someone who is much stronger/faster than the normal human.

they were actually not nearly as fast

There's no correlation to any relevant functions for the genes they related back to Neanderthals. Remember 99% of the genome is spam / junk genes, not used at all, carried forward from antiquity. The fact remains that there is only one race, the human race. We all descend from the same two Kenyan parents from the Rift Valley, who mated 60,000 years ago. Our bodies, brains, and soul are the same. Only a miniscule amount of genes make us look externally different.

well you've started the same thread twice, so i'll repost my post...

Interesting read

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1987568,00.html?hpt=Mid

Quoting the part of the Time article on this:

"The genes in which some of the changes occurred play a role in cognitive and physical development — such as cranial features, skin pigmentation and how we metabolize energy. The study's authors don't yet know what the specific changes signify, but in living people, mutations in some of the genes related to cognitive development contribute to conditions such Down syndrome, schizophrenia and autism."

Thanks, Neanderthals for mental disorders and Down's syndrome! jk

Also interesting is that the researchers found that genetic flow only came from Neanderthals to modern humans. Not sure how they figure out which direction it goes. But if true, does that suggest that only neanderthal men were mating with only human women? Is that due to rape? Or is that the ancient equivalent to "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"?

And to the poster above who said Neanderthals were faster than humans - everything I've seen would suggest not so. Stronger yes, but faster no. Apparently neanderthals did not have a true calcaneous or achilles tendon. Nor did they possess a true Nuchal ligament. These are all found on species specially adapted for running, whether at high speed or for long distances. The great apes do not have calcanei shaped like ours nor do they have Achilles tendons. Gorillas and chimps can show a burst of speed for a few dozen meters, but they're not running like we do.

This explains much. Non-africans are simply genetically inferior to Africans due to the mixing with the doomed Neanderthals.

And to think white racist talk about race purity when us whites are not even a pure species

[quote]No Correlation wrote:

"There's no correlation to any relevant functions for the genes they related back to Neanderthals"

What the hell does that sentence mean?

Neandethals could easily beat us at running

I mistakenly started the same thread twice.

To the poster who said that 90% of the DNA is useless, this is not technically correct. Just because a certain segment of DNA does not code for a protein does not mean it does not have a function. A lot of these regions regulate how and when the relevant proteins are expressed which is just as important as the actual protein sequence itself.

This isn't true at all. Neanderthals were much more physically strong but they were also much, much slower. There build and hip structure precluded fast running either sprinting or endurance.

DocLove wrote:

Neandethals could easily beat us at running