Neanderthals were more susceptible to lead poisoning than humans — which helped us gain an advantage over our cousins, scientists say

Neanderthals were more susceptible to lead poisoning than humans — which helped us gain an advantage over our cousins, scientists say

Modern human beings have a gene variation that does a much better task at securing us from lead direct exposure than the version that Neanderthals had. (Image credit: Joe McNally…

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