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by astine 639 days ago
I would like to see his sources because that contradicts the most well known studies. There are still a lot of paleoanthropologists who don't think that interbreeding was possible at all and the apparent Neanderthal admixture in modern humans is due to contamination.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10406...

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dont have time to find it. he basically says the 2% thing is an antiquated understanding that conflicts with recent ancient dna studies. Go watch the podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj6skZIxPuI

I can track down the studies he’s criticising. A Google search doesn’t show up anything refuting those. What are the studies he’s citing?
Watched it. He didn't present _any_ sources supporting his claims. There's nothing there.
Publishing a ton of research on this would basically be a career ending move
Ok, you're almost there. Why would it be career ending?