I don't think this is credible. (And in some places it's semi-crazy.) Just off the top of my head, the population that has the most DNA in common with Neanderthals is not Basques but Tuscans. This article summarizes a much more plausible theory: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34175224
> "Some Neanderthal sites. Note concentration in the Basque area"
Then they proceed to show a map with neanderthal sites concentrated to the West and North of Bordeaux. Only a few locations near the frontier in the south of Nouvelle Aquitaine could be really included in the current basque culture, that is posterior and southern, and none of then appear marked as Neanderthal sites in the map. If Nouvelle Occitaine is the same as Basque, then UK would be Italians, as it was part of the Roman empire in some period of its history.
You might want to reconsider identifying the Jews or any other minority group as a different subspecies. Particularly given your stated complete ignorance.
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[ 5.7 ms ] story [ 24.8 ms ] threadThe article don't even knows where to locate the basque region in the map
Then they proceed to show a map with neanderthal sites concentrated to the West and North of Bordeaux. Only a few locations near the frontier in the south of Nouvelle Aquitaine could be really included in the current basque culture, that is posterior and southern, and none of then appear marked as Neanderthal sites in the map. If Nouvelle Occitaine is the same as Basque, then UK would be Italians, as it was part of the Roman empire in some period of its history.