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Tibetans adapted to live at high altitudes where oxygen is scarce; study suggests ancient interbreeding with an extinct human population may have given their ancestors a genetic advantage to survive in one of planet’s harshest environmentsTibetan highlander populations have distinct genetic variants in proximity to the EPAS1 gene, facilitating their adaptation to high altitud...- In 2014, scientists compared EPAS1 DNA from 40 Tibetans and 40 Han Chinese and linked a high-altitude adaptation to Denisovan-like ancestry. 12 years later, the finding traced the genetic gift to an interbreeding event about 48,700 years agoIn 2014, scientists found a remarkable clue in Tibetan DNA. They compared the EPAS1 gene in 40 Tibetans and 40 Han Chinese and uncovered a ...
- How High-Altitude Populations Show Genetic AdaptationsMillions thrive at high altitudes due to remarkable genetic adaptations. Tibetans, for instance, possess a gene variant allowing efficient ...
- 'El dorado' of Peru: Here workers get paid in all the gold they can carry on the payday at the world's highest townLa Rinconada, Peru, is the world's highest permanent settlement, where 50,000 people live at 5,000 meters above sea level to mine gold. Lac...
- Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'West Virginia coal miners face worsening black lung disease. A vital rule to cut silica dust exposure is in jeopardy due to Trump administr...
- After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges and worriesThe giant wave ebbed by mid-April. The virus mutated quickly into a series of sub-variants adept at evading immunity. A recent study in the...
- Research shows daily activity is more beneficial than longer periods of exerciseThis latest research indicates a little bit of daily activity could well be the most beneficial approach, at least for muscle strength.
- Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debtsIndians pay about 63% of their medical expenses out-of-pocket. That's typical of many poor countries with inadequate government services.
- How many days after contracting Covid should you take the second dose? Here’s your go-to vaccination guideThe vaccine dose has nothing to do with your future travel plans, and other myths debunked.
- Now, IIT & IISc will help forces to get futuristic defence technologiesDRDO has already identified over 60 specific projects, many of which will give armed forces a lethal edge.
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