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It's interesting that the article doesn't point out that red-haired individuals also feel more pain... and Neanderthals also likely had red hair.
by bpodgursky 6y ago
It's interesting that the article doesn't point out that red-haired individuals also feel more pain... and Neanderthals also likely had red hair.
- ComputerGuru 6y agoI didn't know about their feeling more pain, but I know they require higher doses of anesthetic to knock them out for surgery (as in, anesthesiologists are taught this as a matter or course).
- EdwardDiego 6y agoI wish dentists were, I (as a proud ginger man) have had to explain carefully that I'll need more local to several dentists, a few of whom didn't believe me. We're also apparently less sensitive to electrical pain than others, so can we call that a superpower?
- 0134340 6y agoThat immediately came to my mind also. Apparently it's due to a variation of the MC1R gene which according to what I've read here, fourth paragraph [0], both developed independently of one another. Fascinating. 0) https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/ancient-dna-and-neanderthals/dna-genotypes-and-phenotypes https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/ancient-dna-an... Also it's not necessarily the reception of pain itself that's different, as someone else said, but the perception or anticipation of it [1] that changes the degree of anesthetization required. 1) https://www.verywellhealth.com/do-redheads-really-need-more-pain-medication-3157333 https://www.verywellhealth.com/do-redheads-really-need-more-...
- jb775 6y agoIt's been found that Neanderthals didn't even carry the gene linked to "modern" red hair[1]. Also, I believe them having red hair was actually about as rare as it is nowadays. [1] - https://theconversation.com/neanderthals-didnt-give-us-red-hair-but-they-certainly-changed-the-way-we-sleep-85173 https://theconversation.com/neanderthals-didnt-give-us-red-h...