> Both numbers are ridiculous and meaningless so don't pay them any mind I agree that they have little meaning for the purpose of individual and group identity

> Both numbers are ridiculous and meaningless so don't pay them any mind I agree that they have little meaning for the purpose of individual and group identity. It's been pretty disheartening, for example, to see some people extrapolate from the discovery of Neanderthal DNA in non-African populations to the current economic disparities between non-African and African societies. Ironicallly, that is a reversal of the previous false stereotypes associated with Neanderthal influence in humans. I guess once it was proven, it had to be turned into a "good" thing. But the percentages are meaningful for building a picture of ancient human evolution and migration.