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The mountains where Neanderthals forever changed human genetics

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There could be one sitting in your chair right now, reading this article. Neanderthal DNA is estimated to account for an average of 1% to 4% of the genomes of modern humans with ancestry outside sub-Saharan Africa. Their genetic heritage is much smaller in sub-Saharan Africa: from none to 0.3%, depending on whom you ask.