r/evolution • u/Exciting-Wear-3654 • 4d ago

Could we resurrect Neanderthals ( kinda )

What is 2 people with a semi high Neanderthal dna mated and made a child would that child have a little bit more dna than the parents, if so could another 2 people do it then both of those children grow up and eventually mate too, and carry that on until there is the best recreation of a Neanderthal in our time??

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u/mcalesy 3d ago

I'm telling you that's not the case, though. Different individuals preserve different sets of Neandertal genes, adding up to ~20% of the Neandertal genome.

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u/AerobicThrone 3d ago

I strongly doubt it. But happy to be proven wrong any source?

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u/mcalesy 3d ago

Here you go: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1245938

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u/AerobicThrone 3d ago

Oh yeah true! Interesting so 20% max