VIDEO: Our caveman relatives are basically to blame for everything wrong with us
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Our Neanderthals ancestors really are to blame for our addiction to cigarettes, being fat, depressed and a host of other ailments.
Modern Europeans have between one and four per cent of their DNA from Neanderthals who died out around 30,000 years ago after breeding with our ancestors migrating from Africa.
The influence these ancient ancestors had on modern man has been hotly debated ranging from skin colour to heightened allergies to fat metabolism.
VIDEO: Our caveman relatives are basically to blame for everything wrong with us