Modern men lack Y chromosome genes from Neanderthals, researchers say

Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 11:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Although it's widely known that modern humans carry traces of Neanderthal DNA, a new international study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that Neanderthal Y-chromosome genes disappeared from the human genome long ago.

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