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		Dylan16807 on Jan 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: India's tiger population sees 30% increase But all the ones they mated with died out. Unless you mean they were capable of but never did?

duaneb on Jan 21, 2015 [–]

There are humans all over the world with neanderthal and denisovan ancestry. They may have gone extinct, but their relatives definitely live on.

Dylan16807 on Jan 21, 2015 | [–]

I don't understand where you're going with this in relation to saalweachter's imaginary groups A and B. Neanderthal genes have nothing to do with population bottlenecks.

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