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Re:What Your DNA Reveals about the Sex Life of Neanderthals by rngfnby on Sunday March 01, 2026 @09:29PM (#47213162)
Well, ya. Of course it was rape. And in retaliation we genocided them, hence the lack of Y and mRNA.
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Re:What Your DNA Reveals about the Sex Life of Neanderthals by treyd on Sunday March 01, 2026 @11:11PM (#47213790)
> and mRNA

This might be seen as a bit of a nitpick but I believe you mean mtDNA (mitochondrial).

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Re:What Your DNA Reveals about the Sex Life of Neanderthals by jyscao on Sunday March 01, 2026 @09:33PM (#47213192)
>And in retaliation we genocided them

This is far from being the only or even main explanation to their extinction.

The Neanderthal populations were extremely inbred, so I'd guess that was a bigger factor to their decline.

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