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by carlmr 1067 days ago
The question is rather if there's sufficient evolutionary pressure to rule this out.

It led to a handful of people dancing till they die, ok, but maybe only in a dense urban setting which wasn't an issue before. Maybe that gene conferred other benefits, like more stamina.

Maybe it's like a lot of disease which don't seem to have benefits but still affect a much larger part of the population.