Women with Neanderthal gene give birth to more children

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 14:53 in Health & Medicine

One in three women in Europe inherited the receptor for progesterone from Neanderthals -- a gene variant associated with increased fertility, fewer bleedings during early pregnancy and fewer miscarriages.

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