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Article: Collectively, humanity’s genomes carry a fifth of a Neanderthal
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Re: [Article] Collectively, humanity’s genomes carry a fifth of a Neanderthal
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2014, 08:47:41 AM »
It's a cool article!  Just wanted to point out though, that if a fifth of neanderthal genes exist on in modern human populations, that is not to say that anyone is 'one fifth' neanderthal... I've already come across people conflating the two...
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Re: [Article] Collectively, humanity’s genomes carry a fifth of a Neanderthal
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2014, 09:28:21 AM »
Quote from: Corybobory on January 30, 2014, 08:47:41 AM
It's a cool article!  Just wanted to point out though, that if a fifth of neanderthal genes exist on in modern human populations, that is not to say that anyone is 'one fifth' neanderthal... I've already come across people conflating the two...

Yes, a very important distinction!
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Re: Article: Collectively, humanity’s genomes carry a fifth of a Neanderthal
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2014, 02:23:05 PM »
It muddled my own head a bit when I saw the statements... hehe!
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