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> Curiously, the exchange of DNA appears to have been one way — meaning modern human DNA seems to have not entered Neanderthal genomes. "There is little evidenc
by lapcat 2y ago
> Curiously, the exchange of DNA appears to have been one way — meaning modern human DNA seems to have not entered Neanderthal genomes. "There is little evidence of gene flow in the reverse direction at this time — that is, Homo sapiens to Neanderthal," Stringer noted.
I recently read the book "The Naked Neanderthal" by the paleoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak, who suggests that this phenomenon, as well as the extinction of the Neanderthals in general, is due to the social domination, including military domination, of the Neanderthals by Homo sapiens, who were much better than Neanderthals at manufacturing weapons, for example. So Neanderthal women would mate with Homo sapiens men in Homo sapiens communities, either voluntarily or involuntarily, whereas Homo sapiens women would not mate with Neanderthal men in Neanderthal communities, either voluntarily, because they had a much lower social status, or involuntarily, because Neanderthals did not win wars with Homo sapiens.
- pvaldes 2y agosome hybrids are partially sterile or non viable in some direction. This could explain the extinction of neandhertals and rescue of sapiens IMAO Neanderthals were probably much more solitary than sapiens
- lapcat 2y ago> some hybrids are partially sterile or non viable in some direction. This could explain the extinction of neandhertals and rescue of sapiens IMAO How could some interbreeding problems between two species explain the extinction of an entire species? What do you mean by "rescue"? > Neanderthals were probably much more solitary than sapiens That's not at all what the evidence shows.
- pvaldes 2y agoBut is the logical conclusion. Rescue is that, being rescued.
- deeth_starr_v 2y agoI’m not sure why you think Neanderthals were much more solitary. It sounds like tribe size was smaller than Sapiens but they originally had really wide distribution. It sounds like Sapiens out competed Neanderthals with tool use
- pingou 2y agoCouldn't it be because Neanderthals were bigger so it would be quite hard for a sapiens to give birth to an half Neanderthal? We are already at the limit with our sapiens head and birth canal.
- lapcat 2y ago> Couldn't it be because Neanderthals were bigger They weren't.