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Our Neanderthals, Ourselves

10 pointsby batguanoover 10 years ago

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superobserverover 10 years ago
The very fact that H.n.s. and H.s.s. could breed very likely means they weren&#x27;t separate species anyway - and serves as a good case study for the troubles with the term &quot;species&quot;.<p>As if that weren&#x27;t enough, the same can also be said of Denisovans.<p>Another cool thing is gene testing companies (rarer these days), like 23andme, can give you an estimate of how much Neanderthal DNA you have, and it was how I learned that I have a little more H.n.s. DNA than was average by more than a standard deviation.