Neander menopause

To continue the already-continued Nean/Denis comment: Jessica Saraceni offers additional comments, from the Max Planck Institute.

That Neanders clotted better than Africans is of interest, given the cold Eurasian weather, because cold weather already reduces bloodflow. Seems like additional stroke risk for little gain - not to mention, Corona vulnerability.

One might assume that the Eurasians were getting into scrapes more often than were the Africans... but Eurasia didn't have rival tribes (deduced from these communities' DNA), and their animals are dumber than Africa's.

Usually these things cluster in the X chromosome, like the haemophilia. Although here too I cannot see why easier menstruation should matter more in Eurasia than in Africa.

Maybe that much was for childbirth. The men were MILF hunters. That would track from the lower mating prospects.