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The quote in the headline is from the end of the article: > Another surprising discovery relates to pain perception. Using data from the UK’s biobank – the wor
by pcl 4y ago
The quote in the headline is from the end of the article:
> Another surprising discovery relates to pain perception. Using data from the UK’s biobank – the world’s largest biomedical database which contains the genetic information of around half a million of the country’s citizens – Pääbo was able to establish that people with a specific Neanderthal variant are more likely to feel pain and to therefore age quicker. “It’s maybe time to rethink our idea of Neanderthals as brutish individuals,” Pääbo quips. “Maybe they were actually quite sensitive.”
- Aardwolf 4y ago> are more likely to feel pain and to therefore age quicker Does feeling pain cause quicker aging?
- MaxBarraclough 4y agoLate to the party, but: isn't it terribly obvious that they could? Don't all mammals? Or, for that matter, vertebrates?
- steve_adams_86 4y agoThe stress of both mental and physical pain does tend to cause people to exhibit signs of aging earlier and, as I recall, correlates with dying earlier as well.