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Anthropology

wnylib

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8. Supposedly, according to some articles that I've read,

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 08:40 AM

Oct 2021

there are Neanderthal mutations that were beneficial to modern humans in fighting diseases that helped us to survive when our ancestors intermated, but those same mutations are thought to be responsible for causing some modern people to have multiple allergies.

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there's a theory that these holdover genes are at the root of autoimmune disease. mopinko Oct 2021 #1

That's an interesting theory that I'd heard before wackadoo wabbit Oct 2021 #3

7000 years is not that long ago, as these things go. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #2

That was my thought, too. wnylib Oct 2021 #4

These other humans fascinate me. When I did 23 and me, we found that we have Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #5

They fascinate me, too. wnylib Oct 2021 #6

I do have allergies, but no asthma. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #7

Supposedly, according to some articles that I've read, wnylib Oct 2021 #8

Wow. That's pretty cool. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #9

That's why I suspect that I have a lot of wnylib Oct 2021 #10