Submitted by nodeciapalabras t3_ylu0ir in askscience
scottish_beekeeper t1_iv1mgnf wrote
Reply to comment by TikkiTakiTomtom in Why don't we have Neandertal mitochondrial DNA? by nodeciapalabras
Mitochondria 'merged' with other archaea to give rise to eukaryotes, probably around 2-3 billion years ago.
byllz t1_iv1ssbz wrote
And before anyone asks, yes humans and Neandertals diverged sometime after that.
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