Non-African alleles match Neanderthals via cold-climate drift, not admixture, Africans carry derived versions.
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Ethiopian mtDNA shows 50-50 admixture. Semitic-speaking Ethiopians have far higher Y-DNA admixture than Cushitic speakers. Semitic Ethiopians thus expected to carry more Neanderthal DNA. Non-African mtDNA/Y-DNA alleles differ strictly from African ones yet not labeled Neanderthal. African alleles identical to chimp sequences are likely homoplastic and derived. True root is chimp T > Neanderthal/non-African C > African T. Africa holds oldest lineages that are most derived and distant from homeland. Rosenberg 2002 shows K-cluster split with least derived Amerindians versus most derived Africans. No admixture proof beats genetic drift rival. Europeans and Asians share Neanderthal-like traits from cold adaptation drift, not Neanderthal contact. Asians adapted like Neanderthals from erectus via drift. Occam's razor crushes admixture hypothesis.

Negroes Homo Neanderthalensis Genetics Evolution Science Demographics Hybrids Race mixing

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