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Originally posted by terrytnewzealand:
Thanks for that Soilguy. However we know from other species that mtDNA doesn't necessarily reflect nuclear DNA.
No, it doesn't tell is much of anything about nuclear DNA, but it places doubt on the idea that Neandertals and Homo sapiens could cross and have viable offspring if no Neandertal mtDNA can be found in today's human population.

Given that, what other possibilities might exist that could explain similarities between some Homo sapiens genes and Neandertal genes?

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