Reich: Neanderthal genetic diversity is off-the-charts low across the animal kingdom
David Reich · a16z Podcast | The Scientific Revolution of Ancient DNA · Jan 2, 2019 · at 14:21
Harvard geneticist David Reich discusses the demographic history and genetic diversity of Neanderthals.
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“If you look at across the entire animal kingdom at how low genetic diversity is, modern humans are at the low end, but they're not off charts. Neanderthals are off charts. They were a population that must have been going through repeated population crashes, difficult environments, and just hanging on and losing diversity all the time.”
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