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Genetic study on the origins of MS 09:06 - Jan 11 with 667 views

Quite an interesting genetic study has been published on the origins of multiple sclerosis and why it has a higher prevalence in northern European countries (double that of southern European countries).

It seems that a migration from the East brought with it genetic traits which were beneficial in preventing diseases jumping from livestock to herders, a huge risk at the time. As sanitary conditions improved and this risk reduced the same genetic traits increased the chances of MS. It looks like they also increase the chance of Alzheimer's.

Essentially a trait that evolved and was beneficial under the environmental conditions at the time is detrimental under the environmental conditions we now live under. Given the speed of evolution this is probably something that has happened many times.

https://www.reuters.com/science/dna-ancient-europeans-reveals-surprising-multipl

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/multiple-sclerosis-cause-research-uk-b

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Genetic study on the origins of MS on 10:09 - Jan 11 with 554 views

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Similar is the case of Sickle Cells and resistance to malaria, with the associated risk of diseases from the former, including anemia.

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Genetic study on the origins of MS on 10:50 - Jan 11 with 522 views

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That is a very Interesting study. That early Bronze age migration appears to be on an incredible scale and would seem to dwarf any other movement of ancient people's. Think in the material archaeological record it is probably associated with the 'Beaker People' (Beaker package)

Genetic study on the origins of MS on 12:04 - Jan 11 with 427 views

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Genetic study on the origins of MS on 10:50 - Jan 11 by leitrimblue
That is a very Interesting study. That early Bronze age migration appears to be on an incredible scale and would seem to dwarf any other movement of ancient people's. Think in the material archaeological record it is probably associated with the 'Beaker People' (Beaker package)

If you look at the mythical "record" of Western Europe (e.g. old Irish tales), it is sprinkled with personalities referred to as Scythians. A much later people, but who inhabited the same region from which the Yamnaya originated. One wonders if it is an ancient, inherited memory of migrants, traders, warriors and spouses having come from that distant, but specific, area (but with the nomenclature anachronistically updated).

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Genetic study on the origins of MS on 13:42 - Jan 11 with 352 views

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Genetic study on the origins of MS on 12:04 - Jan 11 by Guthrum

I think the crossover between mythology and the historical/archaeological record is 1 of the more interesting and most neglected subjects in archaeology.
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In Irish Mythology the Partholon would seem to be almost an ancient reference to the arrival of the neolithic. These people who came from Greece in the 3rd millennium BC bringing animal husbandry, ploughing, houses and trade.

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