- past tense form of interbreed.
- past participle of interbreed.
interbred
Example Sentences
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One of the unknown groups, described by the researchers as a ghost ancestor, interbred with modern humans in Africa more than 50,000 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
In 2010 scientists reconstructed the Neanderthal genome -- blockbuster research that allowed for analysis making clear that the species interbred.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Those first modern humans that had interbred with Neanderthals and lived alongside them died out completely in Europe 40,000 years ago - but not before their offspring had spread further out into the world.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
This means Thorin's genome was full of the variants one usually sees with recent inbreeding, a striking feature given other modern humans lived nearby with whom Thorin's Neanderthal community could have interbred.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024
But Senecas and Hurons not only fought but interbred.
From The Hidden Children by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
