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Re:Fossils from Morocco complicate the story of modern humans by danieltillett on Monday September 11, 2017 @04:56PM (#15222254)
It is not a case of one or the other, they are both right. All non-Africans are a hybrid between Africans and Neanderthals or Africans/Neanderthals/Denisovans.

You are right that this topic is politically sensitive - so sensitive that the data is basically ignored outside of science.

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Re:Fossils from Morocco complicate the story of modern humans by nikcheerla on Monday September 11, 2017 @08:13PM (#15223672)
Why is it politically sensitive? I can't see any obvious political implications ...
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Re:Fossils from Morocco complicate the story of modern humans by tombh on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @12:03AM (#15224732)
I'm not an expert, so just guessing, but I imagine it's something similar to the whole Arian stuff from the Nazis, ie: "look, our genes are more closely related to the most 'original' and 'pure' human lineage".
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