Posted on 11/03/2023 2:55:21 AM PDT by dennisw
A gene from Denisovans makes people predisposed to mental health issues The gene was passed down to humans about 60,000 years ago in Asia
Humans having sex with a now-extinct subspecies they met in Asia some 60,000 years ago could be the reason you have depression, a new study has claimed.
Researchers discovered a gene variant linked to the crossbreeding of humans and Denisovans which they believe affects our mood.
Those with the variant have lower levels of zinc in the body - a nutrient which studies increasingly show is associated with mood and happiness.
Scientists said SLC30A9 is the most widespread Denisovan gene discovered to date - starting in Asia and has spread to European and Native American populations.
Only recently with the advances in genomic sequencing has it been possible for scientists to trace modern human's DNA back to our ancient ancestors.
The different branches of the human family tree have interbred and swapped genes — a processes known as 'introgression' — on numerous occasions.
Elena Bosch, IBE principal investigator and co-leader of the study, and her team identified an adaptive variant among current human populations in a region of our genome that bears remarkable similarity to the genome of an extinct ancestral population: the Denisovans.
'We discovered that this mutation surely had implications for the transport of zinc within the cell,' said Bosch.
Researchers did look into Neanderthal heritage but found the population was absent of the mutation.
Rubén Vicente, MELIS-UPF principal investigator, then joined the team to analyze intracellular zinc's movement.
'Elena contacted me because her team had observed a change in an amino acid in a zinc transporter, which was very different between the populations of Africa and Asia today, Vicente said.
'From there, we started asking ourselves questions and looking for answers.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Are you crazy, or do you know someone who is crazy? Now you know who and what to blame. Those damn Denisovans and their genetic zinc deficiencies,
Does that explain Islam ?
So . . . . Hitler was right ?
Mental health?
It’s all in your head.
It is what it f*cking is, right? /s
That is very interesting. The Bible talks about fallen angels that intermingled with people and giants in the land, like Goliath. They would definitely qualify as “another race.”
That’s just crazy.
Guess I need some coffee. I quickly read the headline as: “Hamas having sex with a now-extinct species ...”
This just might be Bravo Sierra
Is this the scientific version of “I picked this chick up in a bar over in Jakarta back in 10000 BC”….
subspecies you say???
Who would have thought.
“I don’t know if you’ve seen that mummy,” President Clinton said at a Connecticut fund-raiser Wednesday night. “But, you know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That’s a good-looking mummy. That mummy looks better than I do on my worst days, I’m telling you. You need to go see her.”
Biden’s ancestors???
I cannot believe there are people getting paid to produce this shit......
Funny how Democrats & Denisovans BOTH start with the letter D.
I knew it, Democrats are genetically predisposed to being MENTALLY ILL!!!!
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It certainly explains democrats
Wheres does she fall on the the Denisovan crazy/hot matrix? A red head named Tiffany?
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