Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes:
Ocupation: Journalist
Life: b. 1961
It seems that the Neanderthal DNA that modern Europeans and Asians (and also Native Americans and basically all non-African people) are carrying around is random. This means there are different bits and pieces in different populations, but it doesn't seem to amount to much that's significant.
source: "Ask the Author Live: Elizabeth Kolbert on Neanderthals". The New Yorker interview, www.newyorker.com. August 12, 2011. 
topic: Neanderthals, Bits And Pieces
