[Mikeb85]

Or simply less numerous. We do know that many of us (Europeans and Asians) have some Neanderthal DNA, it's entirely possible they were just bred out of existence.

[temp246810]

According to 21andMe, I am a whopping 3% neanderthal.

Don't know why I felt compelled to share this here, alas, there you go.

[emmelaich]

That's 23andme. I also have a high Neanderthal percentage.

Wikipedia says modern humans have somewhere between 1% and 4%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal#Genome

[temp246810]

Right on, something seemed off in the name but I just didn't look it up. Should have known too, 23x2=56.

[magic_beans]

Most Asian and European people have neanderthal DNA.