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Arthritis is the price for our ancestors surviving the Ice Age

Details: Category: Latest; Created: Friday, 21 July 2017 19:50; Last Updated: Friday, 21 July 2017 19:50; Published: Friday, 21 July 2017 19:50; Written by Nancy Kiser

Researchers have discovered that a gene mutation which increases the risk of arthritis evolved in the Ice Age to help protect our ancestors from frostbite. Click here to read more in the Telegraph.