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To: blam; Katya
blam: "Last I read, Asians have a slightly higher % of Neanderthal DNA than Europeans. Africans have none."

I was trying to make a funny, hope it didn't fall flat. ;-)

Somewhere I once saw a breakdown of percentages, based on ethnic groupings, now can't remember for sure, but do know the range was 2% to 4%, which means we are talking about the statistical difference between two or three Neanderthal great-great-great-great grandparents.
And, since it's been at least 1,000+ generations since our last Neanderthal, ahem... indiscretions, we have to suppose that only those beneficial traits survived into today's populations.

49 posted on 11/03/2014 4:23:20 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective..)
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To: BroJoeK
"And, since it's been at least 1,000+ generations since our last Neanderthal, ahem... indiscretions, we have to suppose that only those beneficial traits survived into today's populations. "

Every feature that is used to describe Neanderthals can be found in the worldwide human population today. For example, the Australian Aboriginies have a greater/larger brow ridge than that found on Neanderthal skeletons. Brow-ridges are often used to describe 'primitiveness.' Every feature has survived somewhere.(?)

So....(We Are Neanderthals)

51 posted on 11/03/2014 6:19:52 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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