This now in: Archaeology undergraduate course design to be revised significantly...

All joking aside (temporarily), the May 7, 2010 issue of Science provides evidence to indicate modern humans carry Neanderthal DNA.

"...Green et al. report a draft sequence of the Neandertal genome composed of over 3 billion nucleotides from three individuals, and compare it with the genomes of five modern humans. A companion paper by Burbano et al. describes a method for sequencing target regions of Neandertal DNA. A News Focus, podcast segment, and special online presentation featuring video commentary, text, and a timeline of Neandertal-related discoveries provide additional context for their findings."

While SFU researchers have access to Science through the SFU library, the journal is making this information including Green's article, podcast series featuring Svante Paabo, Chris Stringer and Sarah Tishkoff as well as other special features freely available to the public through the Science website.