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		rootbear on Jan 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Neanderthals were people too What I found interesting is that, while any given modern human has no more than about 4% Neanderthal DNA, it isn't the same 4% in everyone. About 20% of the Neanderthal genome is found in humans. I'm not sure what this says about interbreeding. And then there's the Denisovans... I gotta get my DNA done...

juskrey on Jan 13, 2017 | [–]

I think this says a lot about spurious correlations in DNA "science".

Symmetry on Jan 13, 2017 | | [–]

It says that 80% of the Neanderthal genome produces a selective disadvantage?

miguelrochefort on Jan 14, 2017 | [–]

I got my DNA done.

3.3% Neanderthal. That's 99th percentile.

Not sure if that means anything.

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