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**General Population Percentages:**
- Most non-African populations carry about 1-4% Neanderthal DNA
- Europeans: approximately 1.8-2.4%
- East Asians: approximately 2.3-2.6% (slightly higher than Europeans)
- Sub-Saharan Africans: typically 0.3-0.5% (due to back-migration from Eurasia)