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'Neanderthals Among Us' review

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  1. mac3n · · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.biorxiv.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;10.64898&#x2F;2026.03.11.711219v1.full.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.biorxiv.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;10.64898&#x2F;2026.03.11.711219v1...

    &quot;Hypothesis: A modern human range expansion ~300,000 years ago explains Neandertal origins&quot;, an alternatate take by David Reich, who has done a lot of work in this area. He notes that Neanderthal haplotypes appears largely replaced by Sapiens.

    This would make them our siblings rather than our cousins.

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