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I recently read that the prior estimations for Neanderthal ancestry are off because they used comparative models that assumed that certain populations had no Ne
by bsanr2 6y ago
I recently read that the prior estimations for Neanderthal ancestry are off because they used comparative models that assumed that certain populations had no Neanderthal DNA. Newer techniques seem to indicate that almost all modern humans are partially descended from Neanderthals, including Africans.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/africa/africa-neanderthal-dna-scn/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/africa/africa-neanderthal-dna...
Interestingly, this is said to be a piece of the puzzle of whatever new model replaces the Out Of Africa one.