[outofsalt]

Few samples are available from wide separate populations but...

http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/ancient-dna-and-neanderthals/neanderthal-mitochondrial-dna

[trisham]

I’m of Irish and German ancestry, so this subject is of interest to me. I’d love to be related to the Neanderthals. It would explain my German Grandfather’s colouring. :)