Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...
Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.
When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...
Perhaps human females found Neanderthal males to be high-status providers. Or perhaps Neanderthal society was “patrilocal” — meaning women moved to join the man’s family — while human society was the ...
If more human females mated with Neanderthal males than the other way around, over thousands of years you would expect to see ...
Genealogy study claims first conclusive case of sex ‘distortion’ in humans — but not all researchers are convinced.
The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.
Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic analysis. Scientists know that Neanderthals and humans mated because there ...
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