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Archaic Admixture

Neander-“tall” genes and basketball

By kimberella
Archaic Admixture

Neander-“tall” genes and basketball

By kimberella on Friday, March 9, 2018
Elbert Schwichart at the University of Miami, 1907.

I recently got a Lyft ride from a man who majored in biology as an undergraduate years ago. He had always suspected that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred. Illustrating his point with the example of incredibly tall white basketball players with massive brow ridges, he mentioned that there are many people around today with traits …

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