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bmrheijligers t1_iv2ftv7 wrote

Reply to comment by scottish_beekeeper in Why don't we have Neandertal mitochondrial DNA? by nodeciapalabras

Great explanation. The last question mark is the relevant one.

The sexual attraction could also have been asymmetric, without requiring full on sterility for the neanderthal mother and sapiens father.

(sapiens hybrid skull size at birth as a third contender)

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cunninglinguist32557 t1_iv3tac4 wrote

I personally liked the theory that Neanderthal females found sapien males to be small and weak, and weren't particularly interested in mating with them.

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