Neanderthal DNA

I suspect that the neanderthal was more absorbed into the Homosapien genome than just exterminated. Sort of like the native Americans. My wife and I both have native American genes in our line. There may not be as many pure-blooded Native Americans but there are millions of us carrying their genes. Eventually like the Neanderthal, they will be absorbed and just a part of the American human genome. I don't think that they were really a different species as they are portrayed. They were in our line and just as a wolf and a dog can breed so could Sapiens mate with a Neanderthal.

I suspect that when they first mixed with the sapiens the kids they spawned were a marked improvement in some areas over both sides of their previous ancestors. This is common when you cross-breed close genetic relatives in animals. A mule is a good example.
Good observation, Dan, and most likely correct.
 
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