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A brief wikipedia search suggests a lot of humanity has Neanderthal DNA, not just Europeans. Neanderthals shared more alleles with Eurasian populations (e.g. F
by LAC-Tech 3y ago
A brief wikipedia search suggests a lot of humanity has Neanderthal DNA, not just Europeans.
Neanderthals shared more alleles with Eurasian populations (e.g. French, Han Chinese, and Papua New Guinean) than with sub-Saharan African populations (e.g. Yoruba and San).[8] According to the authors Green et al. (2010), the observed excess of genetic similarity is best explained by recent gene flow from Neanderthals to modern humans after the migration out of Africa.[8] They estimated the proportion of Neanderthal-derived ancestry to be 1–4% of the Eurasian genome.
- bjourne 3y agoThat is because Homo Sapiens "returned" to Africa after the invention of animal husbandry and agriculture. They out-competed and drove away many traditional hunter-gatherer tribes.