. As of this writing in 2016, no Neanderthal-derivedY chromosome nor mitochondrial DNA sequenceshas ever been found in a modern human. Proposetwo alternative explanations.

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. As of this writing in 2016, no Neanderthal-derived
Y chromosome nor mitochondrial DNA sequences
has ever been found in a modern human. Propose
two alternative explanations.

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One of the ancient species of humans was Neanderthals who have been extinct now. Neanderthals are supposed to live in Eurasia, and there is little contribution of these species to the genome of modern humans.

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