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I always like this Craig Venter / Bill Clinton anecdote:

VENTER: [Clinton's] genome is obviously totally unique, but all of our genomes are. There is this three percent difference. We got an honorary degree together a few years back. And he was the speaker. He said he learned from me that he was 4 percent Neanderthal and that explained all the problems he had in the White House.

(LAUGHTER)

CLINTON: It is true, you know. [...]

BURNETT: So, you're the maximum Neanderthal?

(LAUGHTER)

CLINTON: I don't know, when I'm told -- Hillary this wasn't surprised.

https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ebo/date/2015-09-29/segment...

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I don't mean this as a negative comment aimed at you, but I always hate these sort of anecdote. The joke hinges on something we know to not be explicitly true -- ie, that if someone had more, or less, neanderthal DNA, they would be seen to be less evolved, more crude, etc. The joke relies on a misreading of the consequences for the presence of neanderthal DNA, and is only "funny" if you intentionally misread that yourself, or if you are unaware of the actual facts.