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They also went to say these "maladvantage" were advantage back in the days but because of today lifestyle they've becomes a hinder.

So... they were positive effect but now have become a relic of the past and a burden.

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“Many traits that were adaptive 10,000 years ago might be maladaptive today” because of lifestyle, diet and other shifts, notes Rasmus Nielsen, a population geneticist at the University of California, Berkeley.

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