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Ozzy Osbourne Revealed to Have Neanderthal Genes

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It's fair to say that Ozzy Osbourne has been granted some behavioral liberties that only a man known as the Prince of Darkness can get. Whether he's biting heads off bats or urinating on grave stones, his actions have always just been attributed to Osbourne being his usual inebriated, boorish self. But as ABC News reports, professional scientists have found a possible cause for his reckless ways, as they confirmed that Osbourne is, in fact, part Neanderthal.

The findings were presented last week at the TED Med conference in San Diego, Calif., by Jorge Conde, founder of Knome Inc. Conde reached out to Osbourne in 2007 to ask if he'd like to take part in his company's "personal genome-sequencing" service. Osbourne shared a bit of skepticism towards the project, confessing in his Sunday Times column that "there's really no plausible medical reason why I should be alive," but he still agreed to the test.

Osbourne's demeanor led him to consume copious amounts of alcohol, cocaine, LSD, morphine and even cough syrup, but the genetic explanation to why his body had such a high tolerance doesn't necessarily connect back to his primal ancestry.

"People thought that [Neanderthals] had no descendents today, but they do," Nathan Pearson said at the conference. "In east Asia and Europe, a lot of us have a little Neanderthal ancestry. We found a sliver of the genes in Ozzy."

Speaking with the Scientific American, Conde confirmed that while a definitive "Ozzy Osbourne gene" doesn't exist, interesting variants were evident in the genetic code that suggest addictive behavior, as well as metabolic anomalies.

"What we did see, as one of our scientists refers to it, is a lot of interesting smoke -- but not any specific fire," Conde told the Scientific American. "We found many variants -- novel variants -- in genes associated with addiction and metabolism that are interesting but not quite definitive."

"I've always said that at the end of the world there will be roaches, Ozzy and Keith Richards," Osbourne's wife Sharon said at the conference. "He's going to outlive us all. That fascinated me -- how his body can endure so much."

Osbourne released 'Scream' this past June, his 10th solo album and recently performed at Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity.

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MiketheMan

Sure! and next their going to tell us Ron Jeremy has horse genes. lol

February 01 2011 at 3:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JennyT

I love Ozzy, such great humor, and his wife's comment about the roaches, Ozzy, and Keith Richards-Hilarious!!

November 05 2010 at 10:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
TOM H

PERHAPS CRUSHING HIS TESTICLES WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO HALT ANY CHANCH OF REPRODUCTION

November 05 2010 at 8:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
George

Kind of obvious huh?

November 05 2010 at 8:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
srsnakes

He's been a favorite of mine ever since he took a whiz on the Alamo..

November 05 2010 at 8:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Amy

This DNA information already revealed in Genesis and throughout the entire bible. Genesis 6: 2&4 reads-- That the sons of God saw the daughters of men (humans)that they were fair;and they took them wives of all whom they (fallen angels) choose. (4)There were giants in the earth in thoswe days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men -- when you hear about FUSION, DNA, Trans - anything, this is the Mark of the beast. Satan will CAUSE all, not force. Don't take the shot!!

November 05 2010 at 8:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ruthie

This is a pretty mean thing to say about Neanderthals...blaming them for Ozzy.

November 05 2010 at 7:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
qsfoxx

He should have veeb neutered before he had a chance to pass on his genes.

November 05 2010 at 7:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
The Dude

I love listening to you high and mighty idiots! You must have skipped that whole line where he said many Europeans and East Asians also have this gene. Where the hell do you think the majority of you came from? If your not Native Americans you have the same gene morons, oh I see it in his daughter Kelly, oh I see it in you ignorant idiotic comments that are the equivalent of cave paintings. Shocking news , human beings evolved from our ancestors, AOL right on top of things as usual and the usual ignorant comments from the usual ignorant AOL clowns that ignore or don't bother to read anything but the first line of a news story, no wonder America is screwed.

November 05 2010 at 7:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Bridget

this was the first sensible comment i seen on this article

November 05 2010 at 7:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bellagrlxitalia

BRAVO! well said. ozzie is awesome and very entertaining. even his babbling is funny. and i like his family too theyre down to earth and shared their lives with us. i like it. there was an episode on "the osbournes" where the dogs were annoying ozzie and crapping on the floor. omg funny! and very interesting news too.

November 05 2010 at 7:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gary

Black Sabbath's first 5 albums were great but there's no question about it, Ozzy fried his brain years ago. He babbles most of the time with his nonsensical concerns but I still wish him a long life.

November 05 2010 at 7:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply