Ancient hominid 'hanky panky' also influenced spread of STIs

Monday, October 17, 2016 - 13:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

With recent studies proving that almost everyone has a little bit of Neanderthal DNA in them----up to 5 percent of the human genome--- it's become clear our ancestors not only had some serious hominid 'hanky panky' going on, but with it, a potential downside: the spread of sexually transmitted infections, or STIs.

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