It's true, I'm a caveman

Modern science has confirmed what all of us already knew: I'm a caveman.

23andme just added the ability to check how much Neanderthal DNA you've got.  Here are my public results.  2.8% of my DNA is from Neanderthals -- and yes, that's in the 80th percentile.

Can you imagine how devastating it would have been to learn that I didn't have much Neanderthal in me?  In my line of work?

Comments

At 3.1% I am in the 98th

Submitted by Michael Boblett on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 22:42.

At 3.1% I am in the 98th percentile, O Positive, gluten and dairy intolerant, and a confirmed carnivore.  So I am delighted to have found this blog!  I feel like a timber wolf introduced to a littler of Pommeranians.  Working with professional and other elite athletes, I find that I am certainly not alone.  But the first step for people of our ilk is discerning who we are.  And then put that knowledge to work.  

I had no idea 23andMe had

Submitted by Dinis Correia on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 12:40.

I had no idea 23andMe had this - just checked and I have 3% in the 96th percentile. Woohoo! :) 

So low? ;)

Submitted by Tuck on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:56.

So low? ;)

 i am going to make an off

Submitted by chuck on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:11.

 i am going to make an off the cuff comment without doing any research.  is it possible your results were due to gene expression?  if you were living like most americans would have have only .1% neanderthal in you?  

 i am going to make an off

Submitted by chuck on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:11.

 i am going to make an off the cuff comment without doing any research.  is it possible your results were due to gene expression?  if you were living like most americans would have have only .1% neanderthal in you?  

 Yes! I got my 23 and me done

Submitted by Joe on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 02:57.

 Yes! I got my 23 and me done last year and I just checked this feature out.  I'm 3.0% Neanderthal!  95th percentile what whaaaaaaaat!

I was seriously bummed to be

Submitted by k on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 02:18.

I was seriously bummed to be sub-par neanderthal.