interbreeding

The most reasonable interpretation is that H. erectus populations in east Asia passed this variant to Denisovans through interbreeding, and Denisovans later passed it on to the ancestors of modern south-east Asians and Oceanians.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

The discovery reinforces a growing view of human evolution as a long history of encounters and interbreeding among many related hominin populations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

Scotland's nature agency NatureScot refers to these animals as feral pigs, and said they include hybrids - a mix of boar and domestic pigs following interbreeding.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025

For a new species to arise, then, some factor must arise that makes interbreeding impossible.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee