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Neanderthal gene linked to increased pain sensitivity

People who have inherited nerve-altering mutations from the ancient hominins tend to experience more pain.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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Neanderthals lived hard lives. The ice-age hunter-gatherers eked out a living across western Eurasia, hunting mammoths, bison and other dangerous animals.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02202-x

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