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 ...

Analysis of Neanderthal DNA revealed that the male Neanderthals regularly bred with female Homo sapiens, but this cross-species affection did not apply to male Homo sapiens and Neanderthal women. The ...

Neanderthal and homo sapiens mated, but it was mostly only the men of the former species with the females of the latter. This explains a major DNA problem that scientists have noticed in the human ...

Study focused on X chromosome, one of two sex chromosomesHomo sapiens encountered Neanderthals once leaving AfricaMost people today carry some Neanderthal ancestryWASHINGTON, ...