Plagnol says different parts of the genome have different ancestry, so an individual could have a fraction of a certain chromosome that is inherited from a Neanderthal, but then possess "very typical Homo sapiens mtDNA".
The scientists are not certain which early human group could have contributed to West African DNA, but both Europeans and Africans in the study showed about the same 5% archaic contribution.
Freeper discussion, complete with photo of Raquel Welsh, has other links.
The "gods,graves,glyphs" pings on Free Republic are usually interesting...but since FR is blocked at work as a political site, you might not want to open the link.
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