Are you in the “one in three” group of European women with the special Neanderthal gene required for fewer pregnancy issues?
The revelatory new DNA study by researchers at the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Institute was published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution and it says a third of European women have inherited the receptor for progesterone from Neanderthals and that having it “increases fertility and reduces the risk of miscarriage in early pregnancy”.
Like It Or Not, You Are A Neanderthal-Human Hybrid
A team from the Karolinska Institute (medical university) in Sweden analyzed biobank DNA data on over 450,000 European women, and looking closely at their fertility histories, the researchers identified the inherited gene which they say “29% carry one copy of the Neanderthal receptor and 3% have two copies of the gene that can also lead to fewer bleedings during pregnancy”. What’s more, the paper says that the one third of women with the specific Neanderthal gene are also likely to have more children over their lifetime.
