We may all be a little bit Neanderthal according to new study
Apr 25
A major DNA study suggests that we humans all have a little bit of Neanderthal in us. The discovery leads scientists to believe that Neanderthals have - at least twice - intergred with our ancestors. Some researchers have argued that the Neanderthals were driven to extinction by modern humans. But others say the two species merged. The new findings come from a genetic analysis of nearly 2,000 people from around the world. Dr Jeffrey Long, a genetic anthropologist at the University of New Mexico, who carried out the study, said: ‘It means Neanderthals didn’t completely disappear.’ He added: ‘There is a little bit of Neanderthal left over in almost all humans.’
