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Neanderthals

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Nick Anderson
Feb 27, 2026
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A new genetic study has revealed that when Neanderthals and modern humans had children together, the pairings most often involved Neanderthal males and Homo sapiens females. By analyzing ancient Neanderthal genomes and modern human DNA, scientists found a consistent pattern stretching back as far as 200,000 years.

Researchers focused especially on the X …

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