supersecretaqua t1_jaaup6a wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:29 AM

Reply to comment by wittor in Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals by OptimalCrew7992

Is that not what they said? I think you interpreted it as somehow meaning "the genes themselves physically lost battles in expression" or something but I'm certain they're just talking about overall dilution over time for the reasons you said ad an example lol, since that is generally the thing like they said

wittor t1_jab7g0f wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:11 AM

I think winning and losing are not a good analogy for the fluctuations on a gene pool caused by the contact of two previously separate populations and their interbreeding.

supersecretaqua t1_jab9u36 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:32 AM

Plenty of people disagree with you. It's officially used more than you seem to realize. It is the reality of it too. Like the words literally properly encompass what happened... If a species dies out... It lost. Period.