Women with Neandertal gene give birth to more children

Phys dot org ^ | May 27, 2020 | Karolinska Institutet

[Deplorable American1776]

Neanderthals gave birth? Maxine Waters or A. O. C. was pregnant? 😋

[Deplorable American1776]

Helen Thomas was smarter than Maxine Waters (and still is) 😋

[Long Jon No Silver]

I think Maxine is more handsome lol

[ElkGroveDan]

Even now, traditional Catholics of Irish and German extraction (especially Irish wife with German husband) routinely are good for a ten to a dozen children

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.

[RedStateRocker]

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.

[PistolPaknMama]

I must have the variant then. Back in the day I could just walk by somebody with sperm and poof!

[SunkenCiv]

LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

:^)

[jmcenanly]

They also look more like Neandertals?

Not bad for the Paleolithic

[Grampa Dave]

Best BOL! of the week. Thanks.

I must have the variant then. Back in the day I could just walk by somebody with sperm and poof!

[Yardstick]

Hats off to the painter for a sympathetic portrayal.

[Grampa Dave]

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.

[SunkenCiv]

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.

[PapaBear3625]

Would not have kicked a Neanderthal girl out of bed.

[xzins]

Lol

[ThanhPhero]

look at later

[SunkenCiv]

:^)

[gleeaikin]

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?