Neanderthal blood protein differences linked to health risks Rare RhD type incompatible with other hominid blood types Genetic incompatibilities may explain Neanderthal extinction ...
A team of paleoanthropologists and geneticists from Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES has found evidence of what may have been a contributing factor to the decline of Neanderthals. In their paper ...
There are ABO antigens, which designate ABO blood types. This is determined by the ABO gene. For example: There are also Rhesus (Rh) antigens, which determine if blood is "positive" or "negative." ...
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But 100,000 years ago, this type of red blood cell incompatibility would have been impossible to treat. Mazières and colleagues found that the Rh gene variants found in many people today come ...