Neanderthal documentary - the obeasts now have another excuse Really interesting 2 hour documentary about Neanderthals on the history channel tonight.  One of the things it mentioned is that all non-African modern human populations have about 2% Neanderthal DNA.  ...And that one of the common adaptations that we inherited from Neanderthals is the ability to rapidly put on fat (a feast or famine adaptation). Anyone want to start taking bets on when the fupanovae start using that as an excuse?