[BenLurkin]

it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]

But don't Orientals have Neanderthal DNA?

[Norm Lenhart]

Redheads. I married one. Trust me ;)

[SunkenCiv]

The Neandertal genome survives mostly strongly in modern Europeans (and Americans of Euro descent), and is also found in Asians. This article is mostly about the underlying Denisovan roots of Neandertal.

Here’s a map and some FR links:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pkAmUEt1tjM/Tr029YYRfWI/AAAAAAAAJSk/MQTd9kXmDqU/s1600/skoglund-denisova-frequencies-2011.png

Neanderthal sex boosted immunity in modern humans [2011]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2769260/posts

When humans broke off sex with neanderthals[2012]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2940786/posts

Find Your Inner (Genetic) Neanderthal[2013]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3029593/posts

[barbarianbabs]

nope

[JimSEA]

The answer to that might be that these Denisovan people were pushed east by one or more of the glaciations and that Neanderthals were likewise pushed east by another???

[LexRex in TN]

European folk do—I got my dna tested at 23andme and it came back 2.8% Neanderthal.