interbreeding

According to the researchers, interbreeding between ancient humans and Denisovans left behind many genetic variants that remain present in people today.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

"Because the two species were capable of producing offspring together, their interactions were likely complex, involving competition, occasional interbreeding and other subtle population dynamics."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 28, 2026

But over hundreds of millennia, human migrations resulted in interbreeding, researchers say.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

The earlier timeline means that the three species of humans co-existed on the planet for around 800,000 years, much longer than previously thought, perhaps interacting and interbreeding in that time.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

Farmers had been using this phenomenon for millennia—breeding and interbreeding animals to produce natural variants, and selecting these variants over multiple generations.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee