Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was strongly sex biased - PubMed
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- Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was strongly sex-biased.
- There is a 62% relative excess of anatomically modern human (AMH) ancestry in Neanderthal X chromosomes.
- The interbreeding was predominantly between male Neanderthals and female AMHs.
- Mate preference is suggested as a more parsimonious explanation for the sex bias than purely demographic processes.