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    1 month ago

    All humans alive today carry neanderthal dna, meaning we all have neanderthal ancestors.

    I believe the current understanding is that sapiens and neanderthals were like lions and tigers - we are able to produce viable offspring, but not always and maybe only with a neanderthal father, not mother.

    We are a different branch from a common ancestor but they are also our ancestors.