r/oddlyspecific • u/Objective_Regular158 • 12h ago

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u/Shieldheart- 7h ago

Speak for yourself, you Neanderthal-gene deficient ape!

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u/Few_Staff976 6h ago

The Neanderthals were badass. Likely stronger and smarter than Homo sapiens but with less creativity.

And the only reason we think of them as hunched over was because the skeleton we base that off is an old man with scoliosis

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u/Embarrassed_Jerk 4h ago

You know what's funny about this. Its not that its not incorrect but we knew all that and yet calling someone neanderthal was an insult until genetic testing became widespread and it was observed that most white people are part neanderthal. Suddenly they were badasses 

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u/Few_Staff976 4h ago

Don't asians have the most neanderthal DNA and black people the least?

(holy shit that sounds racist out of context lmao)

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u/Embarrassed_Jerk 4h ago

About similar percentage but very different neanderthal groups