How European colonisation has created more animal hybrids

By Lachie Scarsbrook, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Genetics, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Greger Larson, Professor of Palaeogenomics, University of Oxford
Laurent Frantz, Professor of Palaeogenomics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Humans have moved plants and animals well beyond their native ranges, across barriers that normally prevent dispersal. As a result, people have increased the rates of hybridisation between populations that were once isolated for thousands, or even millions, of years.

Animal hybrids are a controversial issue among scientists, as they often suffer from health issues.

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