Some humans feel more pain due to Neanderthal gene variants

Get a daily digest of the latest news in tech, science, and technology, delivered right to your mailbox. Subscribe now.says that current descendants of Neanderthals carry three gene variants, which make them more sensitive to mechanical pain but not so much to heat-related or pressure-related pains.

The 2020 study concluded that the three variants – M932L, V991L, and D1908G – associated with heightened pain sensitivity carried by Neanderthals were found in 0.4% of present-day UK citizens.The new study wanted to overcome the geographical and demographical limitations of the previous study by examining a population with a relatively high frequency of the

The team examined 5,971 individuals recruited from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. These individuals had a mean of 46.0% Native American, 49.6% European, and 4.4% African ancestry.

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