Ancient East Asians mixed and mingled multiple times with Neandertals
More interbreeding may explain higher level of Neandertal DNA compared with Europeans

INTERMINGLE Ancestors of East Asians may have interbred more with Neandertals (illustration shown) than European forbearers did, leading today’s East Asians to carry slightly more DNA from the extinct human relatives than modern Europeans do.
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