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

Most people today have a little Neanderthal DNA sprinkled through their genome. Exactly what these interactions looked like is a mystery, but a new study suggests that when our species and ...

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

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

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens.

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.

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

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

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 ...

Genomic analysis shows that interbreeding between female Neanderthals and human males was less common than the opposite ...

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