Your European ancestors came from Africa, and not just stitched up out of whole cloth all at once in some "Garden Of Eden" that was mythically created six thousand years ago.

They met and interbred with the Neanderthals, which is why some people of European descent have a small percentage of Neanderthal DNA.

The switch from hunting and gathering to agriculture after the Ice Age and the resulting need for more vitamin D from the Sun at higher latitudes is what gave rise to modern light skinned Europeans, not the fictional deified alien Elohim sitting "way off in yonder heavens" having "endless celestial sex" with his harem of goddesses.


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After modern humans left Africa, they met and interbred with Neanderthals, resulting in around 2–3% Neanderthal DNA that can be found in the genomes of all people outside Africa today. However, little is known about the genetics of these first pioneers in Europe and the timing of the Neanderthal admixture with non-Africans.

A key site in Europe is Zlatý kůň in Czechia, where a complete skull from a single individual who lived around 45,000 years ago was discovered and previously genetically analyzed. However, due to the lack of archaeological context, it was not possible to link this individual to any archaeologically defined group.

A nearby site, the Ilsenhöhle in Ranis in Germany, about 230 km from Zlatý kůň, is known for a specific type of archaeology, the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ), which dates to around 45,000 years ago. It has long been debated whether the LRJ culture was produced by Neanderthals or early modern humans.


A study published in Nature analyzed the nuclear genomes of the thirteen specimens from Ranis and found that they represented at least six individuals. The size of the bones indicated that two of these individuals were infants and, genetically, three were males and three were females.

Interestingly, among these individuals were a mother and daughter, as well as other, more distant, biological relatives. The team also sequenced more DNA from the female skull found at Zlatý kůň, producing a high-quality genome for this individual.

"To our surprise, we discovered a fifth- or sixth-degree genetic relationship between Zlatý kůň and two individuals from Ranis," says Arev Sümer, lead author of the study. "This means that Zlatý kůň was genetically part of the extended family of Ranis and likely also made LRJ-type tools."

Among the six individuals from Ranis, one bone was particularly well preserved. In fact, it is the best preserved modern human bone from the Pleistocene for DNA retrieval. This allowed the team to obtain a high-quality genome from this male individual, referred to as Ranis13.

Together, the Ranis13 and Zlatý kůň genomes represent the oldest high-quality modern human genomes sequenced to date. When analyzing genetic variants related to phenotypic traits, they found that Ranis and Zlatý kůň individuals carried variants associated with dark skin and hair color as well as brown eyes, reflecting the recent African origin of this early European population.



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Fascinating info Anybody. I’ve always been fascinated by our ancient human ancestry. The ancient story told by our genetics is so much more fascinating than the limited written history we have.

So, it's the Neanderthal in us that explains Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Nero, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, and many others that I could name. Yikes!

I believe most folks of European ancestry have 2% of the their DNA from Neanderthals. DW, when she received her DNA results, found she is 4% Neanderthal. I like to tease her about it.

So Neanderthals couldn't talk ?

Since Mormon "archeology" was already a laughingstock, you may reasonably ask what this adds.

I suggest: it shows the facts are far more interesting than Smith's fairy tale.

The whole thing is such a ridiculous, outrageous, and ludicrous scam.