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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.
https://apnews.com/article/human-neanderthal-mating-dna-chromosome-5bedad6998e5b397f28d5a0eaceb2a8b
Unga bunga bang bang
I don't get it either. Is the model labelled neanderthal known for acting like a neanderthal?
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