Linch, unless you are African then you have 1% to 4% Neanderthal genes, there was interbreeding and presumably we had “mixed” individuals on both sides. Neanderthal (and Denisovans etc) must have had similar levels of consciousness to us so there would have been an exchange of culture. Homo Sapiens are not your only ancestors.
I’m East Asian, which likely means significant Neanderthal and Denisovan influence.
Hmm well I also have small mammal and bacteria ancestors, presumably. So we need a cutoff somewhere. But I guess with my (arbitrary) cutoff of 300K years ago, I’d also be happy to include the non-Homo sapiens ancestors, not that it’s very likely to flip the final answer.
Linch, unless you are African then you have 1% to 4% Neanderthal genes, there was interbreeding and presumably we had “mixed” individuals on both sides. Neanderthal (and Denisovans etc) must have had similar levels of consciousness to us so there would have been an exchange of culture. Homo Sapiens are not your only ancestors.
I’m East Asian, which likely means significant Neanderthal and Denisovan influence.
Hmm well I also have small mammal and bacteria ancestors, presumably. So we need a cutoff somewhere. But I guess with my (arbitrary) cutoff of 300K years ago, I’d also be happy to include the non-Homo sapiens ancestors, not that it’s very likely to flip the final answer.