In Reply to: Your ancestors go back 10 million years? Yikes! posted by geoffkait on September 27, 2022 at 06:50:51:
An Ice Age Genetic Mal-Adaptation.
Nasty stuff.
But back then, it help an ancestor survive the winter without lapsing into anemia.
So--mixed blessing.
Without that gene having been switched off, I would not be here.
john
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