Neanderthals are not our ancestors, they were a different branch from a common ancestor. Kind of like modern day Bonobos and Chimpansees.
Neanderthals are not our ancestors, they were a different branch from a common ancestor. Kind of like modern day Bonobos and Chimpansees.
Hegar@fedia.io 1 week ago
All humans alive today carry neanderthal dna, meaning we all have neanderthal ancestors.
I believe the current understanding is that sapiens and neanderthals were like lions and tigers - we are able to produce viable offspring, but not always and maybe only with a neanderthal father, not mother.
We are a different branch from a common ancestor but they are also our ancestors.