[iskander]

The highest rate of Neanderthal admixture is in East Asians, but there is also a non-trivial rate (2-6%) in most Europeans. The admixture in sub-Saharan Africans is much lower, which creates a risk of any discussion of positive Neanderthal traits pulling in much broader baggage relating to race & genetics.

[johnchristopher]

Fine, but who is eluding the discussions ? PHD in european universities ? The media ?

Is research on the subject tabooed and not encouraged ?

[scottlocklin]

What strange planet have you teleported in from? Yes, research on the subject of race is taboo in Western Civilization. Not so much in Asia.

[johnchristopher]

I come from Europe (eh).

You didn't answer: is that vetoed in public research program or is it the media or the philosophy undergrad who don't know how to deal with the subject and thus avoid it ?