Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Scientists have claimed that a strand of DNA that triples the risk of developing severe Covid-19 was passed on from Neanderthals to modern humans. The genetic endowment, a legacy from more than 50,000 years ago, has left about 16% of Europeans and half of south Asians today carrying these genes. The origins of the risk genes came to light when scientists in Sweden and Germany compared the DNA of very sick Covid-19 patients with that from Neanderthals and their mysterious sister group, the Denisovans. The stretch of DNA that makes patients more likely to fall seriously ill closely matched that collected from a Neanderthal in Croatia. “I almost fell off my chair because the segment of DNA was exactly the same as in the Neanderthal genome,” Hugo Zeberg, an assistant professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, told the Guardian. Zeberg and his co-author, Svante Pääbo, director of the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, suspect the Neanderthal genes have persisted in modern humans because they were once beneficial, perhaps helping to fight off other infections. Only now – when faced with a new infection – has their downside been exposed. It is unclear how the genes may worsen Covid-19, but one gene plays a role in the immune response and another has been linked to the mechanism the virus uses to invade human cells. “We are trying to pinpoint which gene is the key player, or if there are several key players, but the honest answer is that we don’t know which are critical in Covid-19,” Zeberg said. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/30/neanderthal-genes-increase-risk-of-serious-covid-19-study-claims Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannesrats 26 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Damn, some of y'all at risk. Not me tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I feel like this changes nothing. All races are targeted and all races have been dying of this virus so even if it's the case, it's not useful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonatellaPop 3,482 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Not me reading this as Netherlands https://blacklivesmatter.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,119 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, KanyeWest said: I feel like this changes nothing. All races are targeted and all races have been dying of this virus so even if it's the case, it's not useful The thing is that the percentage of Neanderthal genes varies greatly by race though. Europeans have the most genes and even inside Europe different nations or ethnic groups may have more for less of them (ex. Basque people could be more related to the Neanderthals but that's debatable). For instance, Africans have close to 0 Neanderthal genes (but African Americans do have more because most have at least one European ancestor). Edit: Oop I may have misread your entire reply. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirkje 751 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Interesting! Stanlist: Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Dua Lipa, Fifth Harmony girls, unperfect, Grace VanderWaal, Rina Sawayama Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,407 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 So all the Karens So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter 14 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 53 minutes ago, DonatellaPop said: Not me reading this as Netherlands Same Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,038 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Neandarthals whoo sees this be like (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenGaga 3,447 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 No wonder the middle east wasn’t hit as bad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatica Island 8,517 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I guess we can blame it on our ancestors Any/All Pronouns, Genderfluid🏳⚧ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipper 13,114 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Spoiler Pretty sure this is the train of thought of some here. Can conspiracy theorists who believes COVID-19 is made in a lab use this and say China made this virus to target white people specifically Americans so they make Trump look bad because Democrats are evil and planned this outbreak to happen and we should not wear masks because of Black Lives Matter so then Trump should win the November US election? 🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Peters 10,776 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 good thing im built different emma roberts is an abuser Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,965 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 49 minutes ago, Shipper said: Hide contents Pretty sure this is the train of thought of some here. Can conspiracy theorists who believes COVID-19 is made in a lab use this and say China made this virus to target white people specifically Americans so they make Trump look bad because Democrats are evil and planned this outbreak to happen and we should not wear masks because of Black Lives Matter so then Trump should win the November US election? Obviously why Democrats endorsed the riots to begin with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonanon 932 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 at least the genes aren't on X chromosome this time Edited just now by anonanon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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