[gsej]

I lost a little faith when I saw the article referred to Neanderthals as "our ancestors"...

Intrigued by the throwaway comment that we know handedness is genetically determined. Is that true? I was under the impression it was a developmental issue (identical twins with opposite orientation being one piece of evidence here).

[inglor_cz]

Basically all people with ancestry outside Subsaharan Africa have nontrivial Neanderthal admixture. Even many Africans do, although it is a fresh (post-1600 or so) contribution from other parts of the world. So they were "our" ancestors, just not the dominant ones.

That statement would only be categorically wrong if made about pureblood Khoisan etc.

[tokai]

I lose a little faith when I see people nitpick while being wrong.

[oneeyedpigeon]

"Neanderthals were our ancestors" is more wrong than it's right.

[tejtm]

Only need to get 'a little bit pregnant` though.

[ttyprintk]

I remember an article in Nature that’s better than this one. Stats:

Men are 13%, women 9% Being a twin is very high, like 17% Scandinavia is 13%, China <3%