There isn't. If there's 3 million different genes between me and you, a Neanderthal can't possibly be 30 thousand away from both of us. Where did the 3 million go? So the comparison probably ignores the variance between different humans and makes a comparison off what we do have in common. And it probably also ignores the same portion in the Neanderthal genome. Which means, when comparing the portion of the genome humans share with each other with the portion Neanderthals share among themselves, there's a 30 thousand gene difference.
xydanil t1_j413xb8 wrote
Reply to How are there more genetic differences between two of us than between us and Neanderthals? by bookposting5
There isn't. If there's 3 million different genes between me and you, a Neanderthal can't possibly be 30 thousand away from both of us. Where did the 3 million go? So the comparison probably ignores the variance between different humans and makes a comparison off what we do have in common. And it probably also ignores the same portion in the Neanderthal genome. Which means, when comparing the portion of the genome humans share with each other with the portion Neanderthals share among themselves, there's a 30 thousand gene difference.