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[–] romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 9 points 15 hours ago

Human genome contains significant contribution from Neanderthals. Because of the location of the neanderthal genes in our genome it can only have come from male Neanderthals.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago

Unga bunga bang bang

[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't get it either. Is the model labelled neanderthal known for acting like a neanderthal?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There was study that determined that the remnant neanderthal DNA in humans mostly came from neanderthal male and human female pairings and not the other way around.

As others have pointed out in the comments that's not really proving that the other pairings didn't happen as often or even more often, there could be fertility issues with the opposite pairing and a whole host of other factors.

It's enough to make a silly meme tho