There's a secret in my family history, and I'm not talking about my childhood teddy bear addiction.
我的家族史中藏着一个秘密,但并非指我童年对泰迪熊的痴迷。
The truth was revealed a few years ago thanks to genetic testing.
几年前,基因检测揭示了这个真相。
I have Neanderthal ancestors.
我有尼安德特祖先。
So it looks like I have less than 2% Neanderthal DNA. Interesting.
看来我的尼安德特人DNA少于2%。有趣。
Okay, I want to look at mine.
好的,我想看看自己的。
Okay, it says less than 2% of my DNA, but it's more than 31% of other customers.
There's a growing scientific consensus that Joss and I and every human on Earth has a little bit of DNA passed down from ancient liaisons with a creature who was once considered a completely separate species.
The amount of Neanderthal DNA you have depends on where your roots are.
But as we ask in every HowlTown episode, how do they know?
How did they figure that out?
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