Your Neanderthal genes may be building your muscles
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM People who carry a Neanderthal version of the growth hormone receptor have, on average, 271 additional grams of muscle compared with those who don’t. People who inherited the variant from both parents tend to have more still. The finding comes from a study that cross-referenced lab experiments with population data from more than one million people. The growth hormone receptor is a cell protein that helps regulate growth throughout the body. When researchers c
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