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Little Kenny's avatar

One point that has always boggled my n00b understanding of this field is what unit of measure geneticists are using when they speak of humans and chimps being 99% the same genetically, but then also say that modern humans have 2-4% DNA in common with Neandersovans?

Clearly those two statements are each using a radically different metric, which never seems to be explained! (/old man yells at the clouds)

Can anybody enlighten me please?

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TD's avatar

What is a 2000-year-old mtDNA molecule like? Is it still a circle? Is it still inside of a mitochondrion?

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