• zout@fedia.io
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    7 hours ago

    Neanderthals are not our ancestors, they were a different branch from a common ancestor. Kind of like modern day Bonobos and Chimpansees.

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      6 hours 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.