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How Neanderthal are you?

I’m Neanderthal and proud of it

24 April 2021

9:00 AM

24 April 2021

9:00 AM

My brother recently decided to get a DNA test. He discovered that our family were all descended from a mix of the usual British suspects — a bit of Viking, Anglo-Saxon and Celt — and were predisposed to standard diseases and health risks. But there was one surprise. My siblings and I had double the normal amount of Neanderthal in our genes.

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