Posted on 06/08/2020 9:46:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
One in three women in Europe inherited the receptor for progesterone from Neandertals -- a gene variant associated with increased fertility, fewer bleedings during early pregnancy and fewer miscarriages. This is according to a study published in Molecular Biology and Evolution by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden...
Progesterone is a hormone that plays an important role in the menstrual cycle and in pregnancy. Analyses of biobank data from more than 450,000 participants -- among them 244,000 women -- show that almost one in three women in Europe have inherited the progesterone receptor from Neandertals. 29 percent carry one copy of the Neandertal receptor and three percent have two copies.
"The proportion of women who inherited this gene is about ten times greater than for most Neandertal gene variants," says Hugo Zeberg. "These findings suggest that the Neandertal variant of the receptor has a favourable effect on fertility."
The study shows that women who carry the Neandertal variant of the receptor tend to have fewer bleedings during early pregnancy, fewer miscarriages, and give birth to more children. Molecular analyses revealed that these women produce more progesterone receptors in their cells, which may lead to increased sensitivity to progesterone and protection against early miscarriages and bleeding.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
The Neandertal Enigma"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
They also look more like Neandertals?
I have eight, it might explain their behavior ;)
I’m doing a lot of genealogical research during the COVID shutdown. It seems a lot of my female ancestors in Germany must have had Neanderthal genes — 10 to 15 births was not uncommon. I’m in awe of what those people did.
Having at least one child seems to have run in my family as far back as I've found records. :^) One of my dad's lines had enormous family sizes, all the way back to the late 15th century, which suggests that anyone of that surname is probably my relative. :^) Oh, and Neandertal.
Having at least one child seems to have run in my family as far back as I’ve found records
LOL I’d say that is pretty much a foregone conclusion.
Here are the additions to the N keywords since the 565-topic version went up, not long ago.
I've watched Archaeologist Josh Gates for years. He used to be on the Sci-Fi Channel but now airs on Discovery...the show Expedition Unknown. He had his DNA done, and found he had Neanderthal DNA.
That’s funny.
Otherwise the genealogy research is like, “Meh, I’m done.”
Yeah my grandfathers were both sterile yet here I am LOL
THe Ancestry DNA test doesn't (or at least didn't) give that info, but there were links to other research projects -- I checked out an Ashkenazi project, and an archaic DNA project (just uploaded the raw file, which can and definitely should be d/led from Ancestry), the former confirmed an old family tradition and the other was, wow, surprising. The main results from Ancestry conformed to the paperwork. :^)
Thanks...I’ll check it out in my Ancestry.com account.
Interesting!
All Europeans have around 3% Neanderthal DNA.
that’s not fair posting that. I was about to go to bed. Now I’ll have nightmares.
Ha ha
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