With Neanderthal DNA offering new insight into our archaic ancestry, Inverse’s Sarah Sloat discusses what our own biological records can reveal about who we are in modern life.

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NEANDERTHAL GENES: https://www.inverse.com/science/23-and-me-neanderthal

TEETH DIARY: https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/a-tree-like-part-of-the-body-records-the-intimate-details-of-a-persons-life

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