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[–]Jacinda 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Really interesting. I had no idea Neanderthal's and Denisovians were so separate from us.

Incidentally I have always wondered, ethical considerations aside, if it would be possible to breed back to a more genetically pure Neanderthal stock or if some chimp / human hybrid could be produced. I realize in the chimp case chromosome counts are different but could one produce a chimera?

[–]DragonerneJesus is white[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have heard different stories, so I wouldn't be able to say. Some says that we carry 100% of neanderthal dna amongst us, I have also heard of 20% in all of us together. I think it would take many generations to breed back a pure Neanderthal naturally, but with genetherapy we can probably do it within the next 10-20 years? If we know the genes.

A chimp/human hybrid is a research area in China