721: Prehistoric Medicine: Neanderthal that and a bag of genes

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the surprising medical contributions from our caveman cousins. Along the way they cover the flintstones, medical etymology, viral history, caveman genes, ancient infections being unearthed, intro genetics, adaptive evolution, neanderthal skin types, HLA and TLR, denisovans, human sexual skill, herv-K and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you about genetic protectionsSources1) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06004-02) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2818-33) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC23960/4)https://www.sciencealert.com/neanderthal-rna-virus-protein-genes-benefit-modern-humans5)https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/the-deadly-diseases-being-released-by-climate-change/ 6)https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(18)31095-X.pdfSupport Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! Twitter: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfro Instagram: @travelmedicinepodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTFacebook: facebook.com/travelmedicinepodcast Squarespace: travelmedicinepodcast.squarespace.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Gmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.