By
Kohai |
Oct 22 2016 7:33 AM
A new research paper published in the Molecular Biology and Evolution journal suggests that HPV16, the cancer-causing strain of HPV, may have came from humans having sexual intercourse with Neanderthals.
As Brian Resnick explains:
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Here’s the story, as explained by the DNA evidence: The Neanderthal (or Denisovans) ancestors left Africa long before humans did — perhaps hundreds of thousands of years earlier. When they left Africa, both the Neanderthal ancestors and our human ancestors had been exposed to a similar HPV virus ancestor.
http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/10/19/13324842/neanderthals-hpv-genital-warts
Link to paper:
http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/10/05/molbev.msw214.full.pdf+html
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