NEANDERTHAL DNA DISCOVERY SOLVES A HUMAN HISTORY MYSTERY
FOR WHAT FELT LIKE FOREVER, evolutionary researchers were frustrated: They simply could not find the Neanderthal Y chromosome — there were just no good samples to be found.
The Y chromosome is only possessed by males, passed exclusively from father to son. The issue was the lack of robust DNA from Neanderthal men, which had been preserved badly in comparison to the females’.
However, scientists have finally managed to get their hands on some
WHAT WAS DISCOVERED — It turns out, Neanderthals were so-called stripped of their masculinity when we, the Homo sapiens, mated with Neanderthal women over 100,000 years ago. This species crossover resulted in the Neanderthal Y being slowly bred out over time, and the human Y chromosome taking up its place.
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