Summary:
- This article discusses a new theory that preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy complication, may have contributed to the extinction of the Neanderthals.
- Preeclampsia can cause high blood pressure, organ damage, and other serious health issues for pregnant women and their babies. The researchers suggest that Neanderthal women may have been more susceptible to this condition due to genetic differences.
- However, other experts caution that this is just a hypothetical idea and more evidence is needed to support the claim that preeclampsia played a role in the Neanderthals' disappearance.