Study Suggests Early Risers , May Have Neanderthal DNA.
'The Independent' reports that new research suggests that
people who go to bed and wake up early likely share
DNA with extinct Neanderthal or Denisovan relatives. .
'The Independent' reports that new research suggests that
people who go to bed and wake up early likely share
DNA with extinct Neanderthal or Denisovan relatives. .
Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco
compared genes from early-rising people alive today with
DNA from Neanderthals and Denisovans to uncover the link.
Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco
compared genes from early-rising people alive today with
DNA from Neanderthals and Denisovans to uncover the link.
We’ve found many Neanderthal
variants that consistently associate
with a propensity for
being a morning person, Tony Capra, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of California, San Francisco, via 'The Independent'.
According to Tony Capra, an evolutionary geneticist
involved with the study, said that many modern humans
likely carry the genes which helped their ancestors adapt.
We don’t think that being a morning
person is actually what was beneficial.
Rather, we think it is a signal of
having a faster running clock that
is better able to adapt to seasonal
variation in light levels, Tony Capra, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of California, San Francisco, via 'The Independent'.
At higher latitudes it is beneficial
to have a clock that is more flexible
and better able to change to match
the variable seasonal light levels, Tony Capra, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of California, San Francisco, via 'The Independent'.
'The Independent' reports that
homo sapiens migrated to Eurasia from
Africa approximately 70,000 years ago.
Upon arriving, they encountered Neanderthals,
who were already well adapted to
life in the colder, northern climate.
The further north you go, the shorter
and shorter the days get in winter
when food is particularly scarce,
so it makes sense for Neanderthals
and humans to start collecting food as
soon as there is any light to work by, Professor Mark Maslin, Professor at the University
College London, via 'The Independent'.
Both Neanderthals and Denisovans disappeared
from the fossil record about 40,000 years ago,
after living for hundreds of thousands of years.