An average Neanderthal and a prehistoric human were about as close, genetically speaking, as any two humans walking the Earth today. That is the conclusion of a new Israeli study that finds only 0.12% of difference, on average, separated the Neanderthals’ genomes from those of early homo sapiens. Click here to read more in Science Recorder.
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Prehistoric humans and Neanderthals were 99.84% genetically alike
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