This Neanderthal Gene Might Be Holding Back Your Athletic Performance

The ancient Neanderthal hand in severe COVID-19

A new study by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, and Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet has uncovered that some modern humans carry a Neanderthal genetic variant that hampers muscle performance. News Break reported.

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19 July 2025

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