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   Study: Neanderthal genes linked to severe COVID-19 risks, poorer   
   outcomes   
      
   Study in Italy's worst pandemic hot spot sheds light on why some   
   people fell seriously ill and others didn'   
      
   A new study suggests that if a person had a severe or deadly infection   
   from the COVID-19 virus, it could mean they had a Neanderthal lurking   
   in their family tree.   
      
   A new study carried out in Bergamo, Italy, which had one of the   
   highest COVID-19 death rates per capita in the world, suggests that   
   genes inherited from Neanderthals may have led to more severe cases of   
   the virus, The Wall Street Journal reported.   
      
   Neanderthals are an extinct species of archaic humans who lived in   
   Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago, according to The Natural History   
   Museum.   
      
   Scientists realized early on in the pandemic that there was a link   
   between DNA variations and severe COVID-19 infections, particularly   
   Neanderthal DNA.   
      
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