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You know how covid was found to much more strongly affect people with certain Neanderthal DNA remnants? It makes me wonder if the mass-extinction event they co
by ck2 4y ago
You know how covid was found to much more strongly affect people with certain Neanderthal DNA remnants?
It makes me wonder if the mass-extinction event they constantly ponder from 40,000 years ago was some kind of highly contagious virus that other humans were far more immune resistant
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/who-were-the-neanderthals.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/who-were-the-neanderthals.htm...
- bitxbitxbitcoin 4y agoIsn’t the reason why a virus being a mass extinction event isn’t considered because Neanderthals weren’t known to amass in large settlements nor trade? two things that help highly contagious viruses get to population impact level.