You reminded me of this Sam Harris tweet https://twitter.com/samharrisorg/status/429007702803492865
One of his observations was imagining what a disaster it would have been if this finding had gone the 'other' way.
One of his observations was imagining what a disaster it would have been if this finding had gone the 'other' way.
More generally - because people use motivated reasoning, you could just as easily spin the Neanderthal finding the opposite way. "Neanderthal ancestry is a secret superpower that makes Asian and European people special!" or whatever. Once you have your conclusion, you can spin the facts to fit your narrative.