▲ 396 ▼ Forbidden Fruit (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 72 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 months ago (5 children) Context? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago Human genome contains significant contribution from Neanderthals. Because of the location of the neanderthal genes in our genome it can only have come from male Neanderthals. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago https://apnews.com/article/human-neanderthal-mating-dna-chromosome-5bedad6998e5b397f28d5a0eaceb2a8b permalink fedilink source parent [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago Unga bunga bang bang permalink fedilink source parent [–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I don't get it either. Is the model labelled neanderthal known for acting like a neanderthal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 23 points 6 months ago* There was study that determined that the remnant neanderthal DNA in humans mostly came from neanderthal male and human female pairings and not the other way around. As others have pointed out in the comments that's not really proving that the other pairings didn't happen as often or even more often, there could be fertility issues with the opposite pairing and a whole host of other factors. It's enough to make a silly meme tho permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago Human genome contains significant contribution from Neanderthals. Because of the location of the neanderthal genes in our genome it can only have come from male Neanderthals. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago https://apnews.com/article/human-neanderthal-mating-dna-chromosome-5bedad6998e5b397f28d5a0eaceb2a8b permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago Unga bunga bang bang permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I don't get it either. Is the model labelled neanderthal known for acting like a neanderthal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 23 points 6 months ago* There was study that determined that the remnant neanderthal DNA in humans mostly came from neanderthal male and human female pairings and not the other way around. As others have pointed out in the comments that's not really proving that the other pairings didn't happen as often or even more often, there could be fertility issues with the opposite pairing and a whole host of other factors. It's enough to make a silly meme tho permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 23 points 6 months ago* There was study that determined that the remnant neanderthal DNA in humans mostly came from neanderthal male and human female pairings and not the other way around. As others have pointed out in the comments that's not really proving that the other pairings didn't happen as often or even more often, there could be fertility issues with the opposite pairing and a whole host of other factors. It's enough to make a silly meme tho permalink fedilink source parent
