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Humans having sex with a now-extinct species 60,000 years ago could be why you suffer from mental health issues, study claims
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| 2 November 2023
| STACY LIBERATORE
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.'
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; denisovan; denisovans; depression; diagnosingnolicense; fakescience; fakestudy; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; introgression; mentalillness; slc30a9; zinc
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To: dennisw
This article is BS as humans are still having sex with subspecies this very day. Whenever a conservative (normal person) has sex with a democrat (the mentally ill) they risk producing a child with the same mental handicap as the democrat. If there were ever a settled science, this is it.
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posted on
11/03/2023 6:05:37 AM PDT
by
redfreedom
(Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
To: mewzilla
I think that is the traditional view. Perhaps some makings between 2 species DO produce fertile offspring in perpetuity?
To: desertsolitaire
Then they wouldn’t be different species. :-)
Yeah, I’m a traditionalist.
If by that you mean I don’t allow myself to get drawn into the lumpers vs splitters crap that has always been going on in anthropology/archeology/paleontology. :-)
It’s the same species until there is proof to the contrary.
And so far, there ain’t.
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posted on
11/03/2023 6:22:57 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: Made In The USA
…. i admit it. A booty call almost as bad as Paul Pelosi and David DuPape. Were hammers involved?
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posted on
11/03/2023 6:41:29 AM PDT
by
Natty Bumppo@frontier.net
(We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous w)
To: dennisw
I’m depressed over the Biden subspecies
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posted on
11/03/2023 6:45:52 AM PDT
by
BigFreakinToad
(Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
To: dennisw
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posted on
11/03/2023 6:58:49 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: dennisw
If your cave-man friends found you spent the night with a Denisovan, they will indeed laugh at you.
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posted on
11/03/2023 7:01:36 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: dennisw
Is this the root of the crazy/hot dilemma men still face to this day?
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posted on
11/03/2023 7:03:53 AM PDT
by
Flatus I. Maximus
(You can vote your way into Socialism, but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
To: dennisw
Finally! Libralism explained.
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posted on
11/03/2023 7:07:51 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: dennisw
Is this a Scientology article?
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posted on
11/03/2023 7:23:00 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: pgyanke
I was just fixing to post this.
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posted on
11/03/2023 7:26:16 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: COBOL2Java
Any port in a storm.
That must have been one hell of a storm.
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posted on
11/03/2023 7:26:57 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: dennisw
Some of the dumbest crap I have read.
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posted on
11/03/2023 7:31:05 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(There is no Trans. There is only mentally ill)
To: dennisw
A subspecies? Now it's starting to make sense why this country
has become so wacked! We need to stop the gene pool.
To: AmericanMermaid
Denisovans
D-e-n-i-s-o-v-a-n-s
D-e-(m)—o-—n-s
That is my conclusion.
To: dennisw
Humans mating with unique sub species destined to go extinct.
This is still practiced in taverns round the world.
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posted on
11/03/2023 9:34:58 AM PDT
by
lurk
(u)
To: Scrambler Bob
YES! Makes sense, as demons are also oppressive.
To: dennisw; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks dennisw.
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posted on
11/03/2023 10:17:54 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: dennisw
Species do not successfully breed with other species.
“ •According to the biological species concept, organisms belong to the same species if they can interbreed to produce viable, fertile offspring.”
-Khan Academy and all your biology textbooks.
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posted on
11/03/2023 10:18:32 AM PDT
by
Persevero
(You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
To: COBOL2Java
Crazy/hot scale. 10/10! Well worth it!
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posted on
11/03/2023 10:49:41 AM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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