Neanderthal DNA may refute 65,000-year-old date for human occupation in Australia, but not all experts are convinced

Live Science ^ | July 3, 2025 | Kristina Killgrove

[Texan5]

Everyone has 1-2% Neanderthal DNA-except people whose ancestry is from Africa until recently-a couple of centuries or so-Neanderthals were certainly human-more like just another race, rather than a separate species.

And they most certainly interbred with our ancestor Homo Sapiens to the point that they were likely eventually absorbed into our race because Sapiens DNA was stronger and more resilient. Happens in the animal world, too-the more fertile group of a species absorbs the less fertile ones, making them extinct as a separate group-reminds me of the Borg-resistance is futile-you will be assimilated...

There is no DNA or other hard evidence that sasquatch/bigfoot exists now or ever did-but people in the Pacific NW are absolutely certain that creature exists, as if it is proven fact-MrT5 did-he was from Wa, and my best friend and employer who is from Oregon does-he believes sasquatch is real and lives in the mountain forests. If sasquatch exists, eventually he will be seen in someone’s drone video footage that isn’t faked sooner than later, with so many researchers, campers, etc looking for him...