'Viking's Disease' Hand Condition Traced Back to Ancestral Neanderthals ancient-origins.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ancient-origins.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution shows that a condition known as Dupuytren s disease is partly of Neanderthal origin. Researchers have long known that the disease was much more common in Northern Europeans than in those of African ancestry.