UPDATE I keep revisiting the Neanderthals. At any given time, there were around 30,000 Neanderthals on earth. They usually lived in groups of 25-35. That means only around 1,000 groups spread over the regions highlighted above. There was much diversity between them and we don’t know much about their blood types. Two specimens from the purple region were found to be Rh+/+ while two from the light blue region type O (no Rh indicated). The reason for “extinction” is simple: They were overpowered over 1,000s of years by modern humans killing the males and “mating with” the females. Neanderthal y-DNA is not present in humans today, but variations from the female haplogroups are. A lot of myths had been created … Continue reading What were the blood types of the Neanderthals?