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This is pretty close. A simpler way of describing this is 2% of the average genetic heritage of a European is able to be traced back to Neanderthals. This is a lower bound and it may be higher.

The more interesting observation is that the 2% is not the same 2% in everyone of a European genetic background. Overall at least 25% of the Neanderthal genome is present across the whole population.




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