Neanderthals 6 DNA files in 23andme format

Unravel the mysteries of our ancient ancestors and discover the secrets hidden in Neanderthals' genetics. From their physical characteristics to their behavior and diet, their genetic code holds the key to understanding their lives and extinction. In this video, we'll delve into the fascinating world of Neanderthal genetics and explore what their DNA can reveal about their history, interactions with modern humans, and what we can learn from them. Get ready to uncover the surprising facts and insights that will change the way you think about our ancient cousins.

Neanderthals were archaic non Sapien hominid that inhabited areas of Europe and Western Asia in the upper paleolithic until their eventual extinction around 40 thousand years ago.

No modern human groups besides Europeans and West Asians carry neanderthal DNA, however, neanderthal DNA itself paradoxically resembles Sub Saharan Africans, and not Europeans.

WithQPADM’s fstats we can see that various neanderthals are closer related to sub saharan africans, who don’t have neanderthal admixture, than Europeans and west asians, who actually do have neanderthal admixture.

I think this phenomenon is very comparable to Sintashta. Genetically, Sintashta is closer to North europeans, who don’t have any sintashta ancestry, than they are to North Indians, who actually do have sintashta admixture.

This phenomenon can be observed not only on qpadm, but also with PCA based calculators such as G25 or even my own calculator that is embedded in trait predictor.

For this video, I prepared 6 neanderthal genomes and ran them through my Trait Predictor tool for DNA analysis. The most common predicted phenotype was Ethiopid, but Bantuid, Canarid, and even Mediterranean phenotypes were also present.