i'm greek does that mean i also have Neanderthal DNA
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Yep, you do indeed have a small portion of Neanderthal DNA in your genome.
Most people living outside Africa can trace up to 4% (NOT 60%) of their DNA to a Neanderthal origin, a consequence of interbreeding between the two groups after the great migration from the continent of Africa. If you're unfamiliar, humans first evolved in Africa. Upon migrating elsewhere, these ancestral humans encountered Neanderthal.
Anthropologists have long speculated that early humans may have mated with Neanderthals, and this somewhat novel discovery has confirmed the validity of the speculations.
It's hypothesized that interbreeding contributed (minimally, though) to the extinction of the Neanderthal species.
Most people living outside Africa can trace up to 4% (NOT 60%) of their DNA to a Neanderthal origin, a consequence of interbreeding between the two groups after the great migration from the continent of Africa. If you're unfamiliar, humans first evolved in Africa. Upon migrating elsewhere, these ancestral humans encountered Neanderthal.
Anthropologists have long speculated that early humans may have mated with Neanderthals, and this somewhat novel discovery has confirmed the validity of the speculations.
It's hypothesized that interbreeding contributed (minimally, though) to the extinction of the Neanderthal species.
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Just about 60% but it's a major discovery according to time mag.
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Only if oyu have a uni-brow