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Re:Bigger brains are not always better by temp246810 on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:20PM (#13987762)
According to 21andMe, I am a whopping 3% neanderthal.

Don't know why I felt compelled to share this here, alas, there you go.

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Re:Bigger brains are not always better by emmelaich on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @10:43PM (#13992464)
That's 23andme. I also have a high Neanderthal percentage.

Wikipedia says modern humans have somewhere between 1% and 4%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal#Genome

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Re:Bigger brains are not always better by temp246810 on Thursday March 30, 2017 @12:22PM (#13996720)
Right on, something seemed off in the name but I just didn't look it up. Should have known too, 23x2=56.
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Re:Bigger brains are not always better by magic_beans on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @01:23PM (#13988521)
Most Asian and European people have neanderthal DNA.
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