People With Neanderthal Genes Process Medicine Differently, Study Finds - The Swaddle

"This is one case where the admixture with Neanderthals has a direct impact in the clinic. Otherwise therapeutic doses can be toxic for carriers of the Neanderthal gene variant.”

First, a history lesson: Neanderthals are an extinct subspecies of archaic humans who evolved in Europe and parts of Asia and went extinct about 40,000 years ago. They’re different from Homo sapiens … [+3909 chars]

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