Neanderthals Lost their “Y” Chromosome

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  • Neanderthals have long been seen as uber-masculine hunks, at least compared with their lightweight human cousins, with whom they competed for food, territory, and mates. 
  • Neanderthal fossils happened to be poorly preserved or contaminated with bacteria.
  • Not only did it give modern humans Neanderthal DNA, but it also changed Neanderthals in fundamental ways.

Neanderthals lost their Y chromosome, How? writes Ann Gibbons for Science.

What happened?

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