Is Red Hair a Neanderthal Trait?
The International Team Says That Neanderthals' Pigmentation May Even Have Been as Varied as That of Modern Humans, and That at Least 1 Percent of Neanderthals...
The international team says that Neanderthals' pigmentation may even have been as varied as that of modern humans, and that at least 1 percent of Neanderthals were likely redheads.
Are gingers Neanderthals?
Bones from two Neanderthals yielded valuable genetic information that adds red hair, light skin and perhaps some freckling to our extinct relatives. The results, detailed online today by the journal Science, suggest that at least 1 percent of Neanderthals were redheads.Which humans have most Neanderthal genes?
East Asians seem to have the most Neanderthal DNA in their genomes, followed by those of European ancestry. Africans, long thought to have no Neanderthal DNA, were recently found to have genes from the hominins comprising around 0.3 percent of their genome.
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