In prehistoric interbreeding, it was Neanderthal men and Homo sapiens women

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations ...

Is a baby's heart defect hereditary? A NOTCH1 methylation test may clarify

One to two out of every 100 newborn babies are born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD), yet the exact cause remains unclear ...

Neanderthal males, human females? How ancient attraction shaped the human genome

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 ...

Genomes chart the history of Neanderthal-modern human interactions

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...
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Humans and Neanderthals interbred — but it was mostly male Neanderthals and female humans who coupled up, study finds

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