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stickmaker) wrote2014-11-26 07:13 pm
stickmaker) wrote2014-11-26 07:13 pm
Under the Weather? Blame Your Parents! :-)
More evidence that our health problems are more likely to be hereditary than environmental: An examination of Egyptian mummies showed they had roughly the same incidence of atherosclerosis per age group as modern Egyptians. Even Ötzi the Iceman - between 40 and 50 years of age when he died 5300 years ago - has calcium deposits in several of his arteries.
In Ötzi's case, he had two genetic anomalies known to increase the incidence of atherosclerosis in modern humans.
More information in the November/December 2014 issue of _Archeology_ magazine.
In Ötzi's case, he had two genetic anomalies known to increase the incidence of atherosclerosis in modern humans.
More information in the November/December 2014 issue of _Archeology_ magazine.