Matching modern genetic profiles against genes known to hold been inherited from Neanderthals has shown links to a wide range of current disordersModern European and Asian people may owe more than skin or hair colour to Neanderthal ancestry. Interbreeding 50000 years ago between two species of human may also hold bequeathed a sunburn hazard called keratosis,addiction to nicotine, and a greater risk of depression. That the forebears of modern Homo sapiens and the long-extinct Neanderthals lived side by side is well known: that they interbred, or that up to 4% of modern human DNA is inherited from the first Europeans,was confirmed only in 2010. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com