What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals - The New York Times
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A new study reveals that interbreeding between Neanderthals and humans involved a bias, with evidence suggesting more frequent mating between Neanderthal males and human females, as uncovered through ancient DNA analysis.
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Neanderthalshuman interbreedingancient DNAmating biasevolutionary history
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