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http://news.discovery.com/human/genetics-neanderthal-110718.html Analysis by Jennifer Viegas Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:25 AM ET If your heritage is non-African, you are part Neanderthal, according to a new study in the July issue ofMolecular Biology and Evolution. Discovery News has been reporting on human/Neanderthal interbreeding … Continue reading →

http://news.discovery.com/human/neanderthal-human-interbreed-dna.html THE GIST A newly mapped Neanderthal genome provides strong evidence that humans and Neanderthals interbred. Between 1-4 percent of the DNA of many humans living today likely came from Neanderthals. People of European and Asian heritage are most likely … Continue reading →