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minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoEuropeans and Asians also have roughly 2% Neanderthal DNA on average, so it’s likely we absorbed a significant chunk of their population into our own.
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 months agoPretty sure those 2% refer to the subsection of the genome that is unique to homo sapiens. We have >98% shared DNA among all great apes (including humans)
Europeans and Asians also have roughly 2% Neanderthal DNA on average, so it’s likely we absorbed a significant chunk of their population into our own.
Pretty sure those 2% refer to the subsection of the genome that is unique to homo sapiens. We have >98% shared DNA among all great apes (including humans)