Complete Neanderthal genome sequenced

Friday, May 7, 2010 - 07:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Researchers have produced the first whole genome sequence of the 3 billion letters in the Neanderthal genome, and the initial analysis suggests that up to 2 percent of the DNA in the genome of present-day humans outside of Africa originated in Neanderthals or in Neanderthals' ancestors...

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