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2025-05-13 16:31:59 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9707CA08B77201E429EA52055AABD2CC7B1299DC2DA7BD916EDF306F869AFC0F
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The archaic‘ghost DNA’ he is referring to is a previously unstudied type of Neanderthal found in the West African population. Important to note all humans today evolved from intermixed Neanderthal genes and today worldwide have same biology, with 99.9% same genes. https://www.npr.org/2020/02/12/805237120/ghost-dna-in-west-africans-complicates-story-of-human-origins#:~:text=The%20unusual%20DNA%20found%20in,use%20the%20term%20'ghost.' https://t.co/c9UBvsSXNK https://www.science.org/content/article/genetic-study-reveals-surprising-ancestry-many-americans#:~:text=%22You%20see%20all%20of%20those,%2C%20and%206.2%25%20African%20ancestry.
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