Study Suggests Human Women and Neanderthal Men Were Primary Mating Pairs
A new genetic study indicates that during the interbreeding between Neanderthals and Sapiens, most pairings involved human women and Neanderthal men, explaining the distribution of Neanderthal genes in human DNA.
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What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals
Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there.
By Carl Zimmer
Read full article →Neanderthals' human blood mostly came from moms, study suggests
Long ago, Neanderthals and humans interbred. But among Neanderthals, their human blood came mostly from their female ancestors, and a new genetic study finds this was likely due to their mating preferences.
Read full article →Nuevo estudio genético: en el mestizaje entre neandertales y sapiens, la mayoría de parejas fueron mujeres humanas y varones neandertales
Los autores sostienen que la distribución de los genes neandertales en el ADN de los sapiens se explica por preferencias a la hora de elegir pareja y no sólo por la selección natural de los genes más útiles para la supervivencia Leer
By Amado Herrero
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