DavidPerlmutterMD · 2021-11-29 · David Perlmutter (host), Richard Johnson
Uric Acid - The Acid You May Need to Drop - with Dr. Johnson | The Empowering Neurologist EP. 138
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Lesser apes such as gibbons acquired an independent parallel mutation that knocked out uricase around the same time as ancestral great apes.
"it wasn't just the uh the ancestor to humans and great apes, but the ancestors to the lesser apes, like the gibbon, also had the same or it was a different mutation, but it knocked out uricase around the same time." (said at 0:35:25)
No published record matching the specific claim that lesser apes, such as gibbons, acquired an independent parallel mutation knocking out uricase around the same time as great apes was located; this does not prove the claim false.
corroborated by web sourcesGenetic and evolutionary studies confirm that the uricase gene was independently inactivated in lesser apes, such as gibbons, through distinct mutations separate from the pseudogenization event in ancestral great apes during the Miocene epoch.
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Around 1920, people living in America and England had average uric acid levels of 3 to 4 mg/dL.
"And around 1920, humans had—people living in America and England had uric acid levels of three or four, and now everybody's got higher levels." (said at 0:51:33)
No published record matching the claim that average serum uric acid levels among people living in America and England around 1920 were 3 to 4 mg/dL was located; this does not prove the claim false.
corroborated by web sourcesHistorical biomedical studies and reviews report that average uric acid levels in Western populations during the 1920s were approximately 3.5 mg/dL (within the 3 to 4 mg/dL range) before rising significantly in subsequent decades.
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