All modern humans have Neanderthal DNA, new research finds

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We all likely have a bit of Neanderthal in our DNA -- including Africans who had been thought to have no genetic link to our extinct human relative, a new study finds.

Evidence that our early ancestors had babies with Neanderthals first emerged in 2010 when the first genome, extracted from the bones of the Stone Age hominims who populated Europe until around 40,000 years ago, was sequenced. They found that modern Europeans, Asians and Americans -- but not Africans -- inherited about 2% of the genes from Neanderthals, with our ancestors apparently hooking up with their stocky cousins only after they moved out of Africa.

"Our results show this history was much more interesting and there were many waves of dispersal out of Africa, some of which led to admixture between modern humans and Neanderthals that we see in the genomes of all living individuals today."He said that their data indicated that a wave of modern humans left Africa approximately 200,000 years ago and this group interbred with Neanderthals.

 

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More lies

You lying as usual. Not all human have DNA from Neanderthal. Trying to rewrite history as usual. Races from around the Caucasus Mountains possesses Neantherthal DNA. Neanderthal didn’t emigrate to Africa. No Neanderthals in Africa

From a more competent science journalist than 's KatieHunt20 : 'It is not known whether all African populations, some of whose roots stretch into the deep past, share this Neanderthal heritage. [bushmen & pygmies split off some 100K ya]'

I am afraid that anybody who thinks for one second that they are a ‘pure’ blood and human is piddling up the wrong genetic tree. All races and tribes have invaded and raped their way across the face of this planet. This is about even shagging a different species! We are one ❤️

Nonsense!

Liberals just have a little more than the rest of us 😂

Suddenly, MAGA makes sense.

YES, IT IS TRUE!

Cool!

How is this news?

We're the same...? *THAT'S RACIST!!!!*

Settled science...

How did they determine this?

Some more than others 😂

Racist AF , it's always about the color of someone's skin for the liberal media.

One, we are all created in the Image of God. You are also specially singling out Africans with Neanderthal. This is a racist comment. CNN talks nothing but racism constantly. People need to wake up and turn off this trash network. Turn away from this network of Hate and Liberals.

I honestly believe that non Africans inherited more than 2% because there's a lot of physical similarities between some non Africans and neanderthals...

Talk About It🤔

lol bullshitting news

Sounds about right

Where do the get these craps from? We know humankind never evolved from monkeys.. God created man that's just it

The fact some people are actually offended that they may have genetic links to ancient human dna. 🤨

Don jr?

GET THIS PSEUDOSCIENCE OFF MY TIMELINE.

One race -human race-LK-Here to ❤️

AnayasaNevzat

I've often said, modern humans aren't much different from when we crawled out of the ocean (if you believe in that). We may be able to build an iPhone but we're not able to quit killing each other.

tariqnasheed TheBlackChannel ProfBlacktruth

Hole GOP has that now don't seem human what they are doing. 😂

CompoundBoss LandauDave

Nope!

He has Trump eyes .

CNN putting the racist comments on a tee with this post.

Who was clapping Neanderthal cheeks?

Wow! That's why humans are wild, savage and fightful. We are all Neardenthals at origin.

If you listen to joerogan enough you’ll know he has more than the average human. Also, he’s more Neanderthal than ewarren is Native American funfacts

Neandertal’s genome showed modern humans and Neanderthals have very little differences. “…new research published online May 6 (2010) in the journal Science reveals that we differ hardly at all.” Neandertals are the same species as humans and are not dumb cavemen!

ignorance is a disease get well soon xx

I know some people who have more than a bit of Neanderthal DNA. All politicians, now that I think about it...

not me :)

LMAO

JoeBiden seems to be about 50% Neanderthal. VoteForSomeoneElse

Please take Africans out of your secular godless lunacy. We are children of the Almighty God.

How look in the morning. No wonder my wife gets out of bed before me😂😂🤣

Especially newscasters

Ha ha, no no my white friends, I do not think that is accurate.

Oh man. You guys will have to delete and apologize before this is over. I’ll just here and watch the dumpster fire. Zero situational awareness you guys. Wowzer.

Democrat.

Stop it!

Or maybe it was Adam and Eve’s ugly kid we don’t hear about.

If he could vote he'd vote Trump. Guaranteed.

Isn't this supposed to be common sense?

I hope you got Maxine Waters permission to use her photo.

Don’t play. That’s y’all with that Neanderthal dna.

I'm just borrowing it.

That’s so true!

This isn't new tho...

The gop just have more than the rest

Why is Maxine waters in this picture

There we go again. Perhaps Republicans have most of the DNA.

That person seems to disagree

No fam we are 100% human

Looks like Hillary Clinton.

Still looking for my own Neanderthot

This won't end well.

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