Arthritis is the price for our ancestors surviving the Ice Age, say scientists
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Arthritis is the price for our ancestors surviving the Ice Age, say scientists
For the 10 million Britons suffering from arthritis, it may be cold comfort to know that they might not be alive today at all, were it not for their aching limbs. Researchers in the US have discovered that a gene mutation which increases the risk of arthritis evolved in the Ice Age to help protect our ancestors from frostbite.
Around half of Europeans carry a variant of the GDF5 gene which nearly doubles the chance of developing painful joints, and also knocks around 1cm off height. Although it may seem like an evolutionary disadvantage to be shorter and less mobile, in fact, it helped early humans to ward off the freezing temperatures of the north as they ventured out of Africa for the first time around 50,000 years ago.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/07/03/arthritis-price-ancestors-surviving-ice-age-say-scientists/
Around half of Europeans carry a variant of the GDF5 gene which nearly doubles the chance of developing painful joints, and also knocks around 1cm off height. Although it may seem like an evolutionary disadvantage to be shorter and less mobile, in fact, it helped early humans to ward off the freezing temperatures of the north as they ventured out of Africa for the first time around 50,000 years ago.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/07/03/arthritis-price-ancestors-surviving-ice-age-say-scientists/
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They mean osteoarthritis, not other kinds.
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Osteoarthritis is just wear and tear isn't it?
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