Neanderthals, the closest cousins of modern humans, lived in parts of Europe and Asia until their extinction some 30,000 years ago. Genetic studies are revealing ever more about the links between ...
Interbreeding Direction Solves Neanderthal X Chromosome Mystery Homo sapiens females unions with Neanderthal males explain X chromosome DNA gap ...
The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.
The Y chromosome is perhaps the most puzzling part of the human genome. Associated with male development, it is chock-full of repetitive and inverted stretches of DNA, a hurdle that makes it ...