wolf_shadow | Aug. 23rd, 2006

http://www.mirabilis.ca/2006/08/23/neanderthals-still-in-our-genes/

From discovery.com: Neanderthals: Still in Our Genes?.

Individuals of European descent may be 5 percent Neanderthal, while West Africans could be related to an archaic human population, according to a recent study of genes of people from Yoruba and individuals living in Utah with ancestry from Northern and Western Europe.
Since both groups spread, the find suggests we all have a bit of archaic DNA in our genes. This counters the view that modern humans left Africa and replaced all other existing hominid populations. [continue]

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