The Neanderthal Handshake: Unraveling the Genetic Origins of “Viking Disease” - SciTechDaily
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Dupuytren's disease, a hand disorder common among Northern Europeans, is found to have genetic links to Neanderthals, according to a study in Molecular Biology and Evolution. Three of the 61 genetic risk variants for the disease identified by researchers are …