Male Neanderthals and female humans shaped modern DNA through ancient interbreeding, study finds Most people living outside Africa carry small traces of Neanderthal DNA.

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Male Neanderthals and female humans shaped modern DNA through ancient interbreeding, study finds

Most people living outside Africa carry small traces of Neanderthal DNA. These inherited fragments appear across many human chromosomes. One part of the genome stands apart. The human X chromosome contains long regions where Neanderthal ancestry almost never appears...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/02/male-neanderthals-and-female-homo-sapiens/

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