"Absorbed" does a lot of work, suggesting that there was not a lot of violence, since the DNA is intermingled. But war in the ancient times, would result in DN

"Absorbed" does a lot of work, suggesting that there was not a lot of violence, since the DNA is intermingled. But war in the ancient times, would result in DNA intermingling. The men would be killed, and the women kept alive. An example from the Bible: Dueteronomy 20:12-15 12 If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. 13 When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it. 14 As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves. And you may use the plunder the Lord your God gives you from your enemies. 15 This is how you are to treat all the cities that are at a distance from you and do not belong to the nations nearby. Regarding female captives - Deuteronomy 21:10-14 10 When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, 11 if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife. 12 Bring her into your home and have her shave her head, trim her nails 13 and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife. 14 If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her. This what war and conflict was like in the ancient world, in recorded history. It was likely very similar to this in pre-history when there was conflict between modern humans and Neanderthals. The males would be killed and the women takes as wives/(sex)slaves. The DNA evidence does nothing to dispute violent conflict between humans and Neanderthals.