What historical event fascinates you the most?
It’s not really a single event that fascinates me – it’s an arc of history: the development of Neanderthals and their incorporation into the modern human gene pool. I want to know how alike they were to us, how they were different, and what tools they developed and used, how they lived.
Years ago I got a DNA profile done from 23 and Me, something I would probably choose not to do today, but the entire reason I did it was to find out if I have Neanderthal DNA. And I do!
So I want to know about my Neanderthal ancestors and their dreams and intellectual capabilities.
We have gone from seeing them as hunched grotesques to something more nuanced, and I am so curious what the real stories are.
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