on November 13, 2024, 10:20 pm, in reply to "OT: New DNA evidence finds that Neanderthals didn’t go extinct"
Something puzzling me:
"...Humans and Neanderthals share about 99.7% of their DNA"
"...Today, approximately 1-2% of the genome in people of Eurasian descent comes from Neanderthals"
So...if there was only a 0.3% genetic difference how can they calculate a 1-2% Neanderthal genetic contribution?
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