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When did people start having heart attacks?
Health

When did people start having heart attacks?

Our ancestors began to have atherosclerosis and heart attack about two or three million years ago due to mutations in the gene that malaria is used to invade the human b…

July 29, 2019
Do we evolve to drink less alcohol?
Discover science

Do we evolve to drink less alcohol?

The study found the subtle changes in genes involved in ADH1B and ALDH2 alcohol metabolism enzymes, which determine the amount of alcohol.

December 18, 2018
People continue to evolve
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People continue to evolve

New research on genetics has confirmed the Darwinian theory of evolution in species, and the object here is human.

December 18, 2018