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Most people of non-African ancestry carry about 2% Neanderthal DNA, and researchers report a mirror image pattern with more human DNA on the Neanderthal X chromosome.

A new study in Science suggests Neanderthal men and modern human women interbred more often than assumed, reshaping theories about our DNA. But what drove those ancient pairings remains uncertain.

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

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