Neanderthal Genes Could Increase The Severity Of COVID-19 Symptoms

Science Focus ^ | 12-8-2020 | Jason Goosyer - Dr Hugo Zeberg

[Jonty30]

I guess that I must not have very much neantherdal.

[qam1]

So if you have Neanderthal genes your death rate increases from 99.94% to 99.97%

[Nathan _in_Arkansas]

That’s a strange assertion seeing as how scientists attribute our adaptable immune system to our Neanderthal DNA.

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“But if we put all these pieces together, we find more than half of the Neanderthal genome in modern humans.”

Interesting...

[servantboy777]

What a bunch of nonsense. Good grief! In a tumultuous year as 2020, we have people publishing this sort of stuff. Man...everyone looking for ten minutes of notoriety.

[BlackbirdSST]

Rep. Al Green (D-mented) is deeply saddened.

[Jewbacca]

It COULD also make you immune.

This was published because Europeans and certain Middle East peoples (e.g., Jewish people) have much higher Neaderthal DNA than, say, blacks or certain Chinese.

Ergo, the Neaderthal DNA is now bad.

It’s the same “science” that coined things like “testosterone poisoning” and “anthropomorphic climate change”.

[HotKat]

I am confused be this phrase from the article .. .guess I’m just stupid “ If you have roots from outside of Africa”.

Does that mean “if you are of African descent “.? What would “ If you have roots from inside of Africa” mean?

[Savage Beast]

Maybe that’s why the Leftists are so afraid of the coronavirus...and everyone else is kinda blasé...

[BobL]

“Neanderthal Genes Could Increase The Severity Of COVID-19 Symptoms”

Explains why the GOP Leadership is being hit so hard.

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[blam]

"This was published because Europeans and certain Middle East peoples (e.g., Jewish people) have much higher Neaderthal DNA than, say, blacks or certain Chinese.

Neanderthal DNA By Race: Asians Have Closer Link From Multiple Breeding Events, Studies Say

Neanderthals interbred with both the ancestors of modern Europeans and Asians about 50,000 years ago, but scientists looking at Neanderthal DNA by race have speculated why East Asians have a greater proportion of the ancestry than Europeans. New research suggests our heavy-browed ancestors bred with East Asians on multiple occasions, giving the contemporary East Asian population higher levels of Neanderthal DNA, according to two studies published last week in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

Scientists have long hypothesized why East Asians on average carry 15 percent to 30 percent more Neanderthal DNA than Europeans.

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[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

What about those of us who have Troglodyte genes?

Inquiring for a friend.

[ecomcon]

It’s so Sciency

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