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AFAIK they aren't our ancestors but cousins.

• daveslash 3y ago
  Insert: Zoidberg says: "Why not both"? meme
• ljf 3y ago
  I'm about as high a percentage of neanderthal dna as is possible (2 to 4 percent) (according to 23andme) - so they certainly were my ancestors.
  • flextheruler 3y ago
    Not a geneticists but mathematically speaking isn’t that actually lower than what you’d expect for cousins. Parent = 50 Grandparent = 25 Cousin = 12.5
    • hef19898 3y ago
      Species =|= individuals
    • saalweachter 3y ago
      Mathematically, 2-4% is equivalent to one of your great-great-great-grandparents being a full-blooded Neanderthal.
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