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fromABC7 Chicago
2 weeks ago

Ancient coupling may have happened more between human females and Neanderthal males

Genetic analysis reveals that human-Neanderthal mating involved more female humans with male Neanderthals than the reverse pairing.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Neanderthal men chose Homo sapiens women: Genetics reveals the sex life of our ancestors

Neanderthal males interbred with modern human females approximately 50,000 years ago, explaining why Neanderthal DNA is nearly absent from the X chromosome in non-African humans today.
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fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

Neanderthals seemed to have a thing for modern human women

Neanderthal X chromosomes are largely absent from modern humans while modern human X chromosomes are overrepresented in Neanderthal genomes, suggesting selective mating preferences favoring Neanderthal males with modern human females.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Research suggests mating direction bias between Neanderthals and humans

Genetic evidence reveals that prehistoric interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans occurred predominantly between male Neanderthals and female humans, explaining why Neanderthal DNA is largely absent from the human X chromosome.
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