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Neanderthals and Homo sapiens had children together – but whoever slept with whom followed an amazing pattern that lasted millennia.
In sexual interactions between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, it was primarily Neanderthal men who had sex with Sapiens women, more so than Sapiens men who had sex with Neanderthal women. This is evident from new DNA research. According to scientists in the US, this preference explains why Homo sapiens hardly has any Neanderthal DNA in the X chromosome.
DNA Study Offers Clues to Contact Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals - Archaeology Magazine
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA—According to statement released by the University of Pennsylvania, scientists had previously surmised that the lack of Neanderthal DNA on modern human X chromosomes, which are inherited through the maternal line, was due to genetic incompatibility that may have caused health problems eliminated through the process of natural selection. Sarah Tishkoff and Alexander Platt of the University of Pennsylvania and their colle…
To solve a genetic mystery of the blending between Neanderthal and Sapiens, an American team hypothesizes that women "Sapiens" preferred to get involved.
What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals
Carl Zimmer in the New York Times: An artist’s rendering of a human skull, at left, and a Neanderthal skull. Most people alive today carry a bit of Neanderthal DNA in their genome, the result of interbreeding tens of thousands of years ago. In a study published on Thursday in the journal Science, a team of researchers report that men with a lot of Neanderthal ancestry and women with a lot of modern human ancestry had a strong preference to mate …
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