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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 28425801" data-attributes="member: 562115">Neanderthals were not that stupid. (Quite often I wonder whether they were even smarter than the 69 lakhs  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL    :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /> )Modern humans and Neanderthals split into separate lineages about 400,000 years ago and people alive today of non-African heritage carry 1-4% of Neanderthal DNA.Recent studies show that a gene called TKTL1, involved in neuronal production in the developing brain caused a big difference. The Neanderthal version of the gene differs by one letter from the human version. This made a massive leap in cognitive difference between the two.PS: To explain further the Neanderthal version of the gene was linked to slower creation of neurons in the brain’s cortex during development.</blockquote>

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