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Interbreeding between Neandertals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neandertals and female humans, a new study suggests ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia. Genomic research by members of Sarah Tishkoff's lab at the University of ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

Geneticists have found an interesting pattern in how early humans and Neanderthals interbred—and it wasn't balanced.

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic analysis.