By KENJI TAMURA/ Senior Staff Writer
March 20, 2021 at 09:00 JST
A Neanderthal skull (Photo provided by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)
ONNA, Okinawa Prefecture--New research suggests a gene that reduces the risk of developing serious COVID-19 symptoms is inherited from Neanderthals, a species of human that died out 40,000 years ago. [Read More]
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