I question that statement sir. I am reasonably sure that I have never seen a Neanderthal portrayed as a tall blue-eyed blond human. For starters the typical skull attributed to a Neanderthal looks nothing like the head of a Norseman. It would be statistically unlikely for the Neanderthal skull to evolve the shape to the newer version in a relatively short time.
Although maybe just as likely as Cho BiDung winning in 2020.
Just did some reading more current than what I was going on which was several years old.
Seems they are questioning whether red hair came from the neanderthals. However, the neanderthals had red heads and blonds.
Non-African humans average 2% neanderthal DNA. The older reading on the subject I’ve done had Norse as high as 12%. Hybrids can take on different characteristics than either parent or one side can dominate in specific areas.
Reading the current reports, I think they are less sure than a few years ago. Formerly, the thought Neanderthal interaction happened only 60K years ago, now they are saying 250K years ago. Also, that it maybe multiple interactions.
Interesting, but we will likely wait years before they have a firmer knowledge base.