And which modern ethnic group has the highest percentage of Neanderthal DNA?
Answer: Arabs and Jews, according to the Discovery Channel, have as high as 40% Neanderthal DNA. In some pockets of the Middle East, the percentage is as high as 70%.
"Though inter-breeding was not utterly disastrous, the mixed offspring of modern humans and Neanderthals did not, in general, fare well. Genetic tests show that most Neanderthal DNA was rapidly lost from the modern human genome. One theory is that mixed children grew up to be less fertile, or were less likely to reach fertile age, meaning their DNA vanished quickly from the gene pool. "
Or RH- blood, which makes it difficult for the mother to carry the child...
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zagreos ago
And which modern ethnic group has the highest percentage of Neanderthal DNA?
Answer: Arabs and Jews, according to the Discovery Channel, have as high as 40% Neanderthal DNA. In some pockets of the Middle East, the percentage is as high as 70%.
TheHolyGrail ago
"Though inter-breeding was not utterly disastrous, the mixed offspring of modern humans and Neanderthals did not, in general, fare well. Genetic tests show that most Neanderthal DNA was rapidly lost from the modern human genome. One theory is that mixed children grew up to be less fertile, or were less likely to reach fertile age, meaning their DNA vanished quickly from the gene pool. "
Or RH- blood, which makes it difficult for the mother to carry the child...
zagreos ago
RH- blood appears to originate from Crô-Magnoid man — the first true humans.