Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in women who were hybrids, and this might have played a part in Neanderthals’ demise

Neanderthal-Human Hybrids Likely Experienced Genetic Incompatibilities

Model of a Female Neanderthal Joe McNally/Getty Although modern humans are thought to have driven Neanderthals extinct, it was not simply through conflict or violence. New research indicates that the genetic incompatibility from interbreeding between the two species may have led to increased chances of pregnancy failure in hybrid mothers. This genetic mismatch could also [...] The post Neanderthal-Human Hybrids Likely Experienced Genetic Incompa…