RDN<p>Y chromosomes from the few extant male Neanderthal fossils are more similar to those from a now-extinct branch of modern humans than to those from nominally-more-similar Denisovans. This provides evidence of male:female human:Neanderthal interbreeding, complementing the female:male interbreeding indicated by mitochondrial DNA.</p><p>Summary: <a href="https://techfixated.com/how-neanderthals-lost-their-y-chromosome-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techfixated.com/how-neandertha</span><span class="invisible">ls-lost-their-y-chromosome-2/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a></p>