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.
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I think Maxine is more handsome lol
That was the case when I was growing up in Catholic schools in the 60s and 70s, but even then saying "most" would have been a bit of a stretch. Maybe a third of the families back then had five or more children. These days probably one in ten (devout) Catholic families have five or more children.
Quite the opposite.
I saw a documentary where the did a DNA test on a couple of classes of college students.
*ALL* of the hot women had the highest percentage of Neandertal genes. The highest percentages were tall blonds with good figures and flawless skin. The guys who had the highest percentages looked like models.
I was utterly astounded because I expected the exact opposite, but it was pretty incontrovertible.
I must have the variant then. Back in the day I could just walk by somebody with sperm and poof!
LOL!
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I must have the variant then. Back in the day I could just walk by somebody with sperm and poof!
Hats off to the painter for a sympathetic portrayal.
My 4 th generation Maternal Grand Dad was the first one of our English ancestors to have a large family, (10+).
His sons grandsons had 10-12 kids.
From the above, my maternal Grand Dad was one of 9. He had 5 children.
My wife’s English/German/Swiss ancestors had a few children each generation. Then, they came to America and started having 10 +-2. My wife’s Dad, pure English, was one of 9.
Infant mortality dropped during the late 19th century, which was the last time generations of my ancestors overflowed an egg carton. Lots of family tree artifacts exist such as siblings with the same name because the first one died and another carried on this or that name of this or that grandparent or parental sibling.
Lol
look at later
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I wonder if anyone is doing Neanderthal research with regard to covid, on relative capacity to hold on to Vitamin C and D3 or zinc stores when subjected to illness?
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