No, scientists have not discovered a sea people or a new species. There are people in Southeast Asia who have remained a mystery to scientists for many years. People from the Bajau tribe can dive in one breath to a depth of 70 meters above the surface. He stays there for a few minutes and catches fish. This fact leads experts to the question - how is this possible? How can they do this?

Studies - genetic mutations

A recent study, published in the Journal, describes a civilization that has been able to stay underwater longer than usual due to larger organs. This is not the first time a human genetic mutation has been discovered. The more we deal with our genes, the more we find out how people from different corners of the world can adapt to their natural surroundings. It makes them unique.

For example, people from Tibet and the Ethiopian highlands have better adapted to surviving at extremely high altitudes. People from East Africa and Northern Europe have adopted a genetic mutation that helps them better digest milk and dairy products. Now scientists have discovered a new type of genetic mutation - humans from the Bajau tribe. This strain is fragmented into several communities (for example, in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines). Their genetic mutation helps them become exceptional divers.

New York Times wrote:

"These people traditionally live in houseboats."

Rodney C. Jubilado claims:

"They just do not have so much experience with land life."

Rodney C. Jubilado, an anthropologist from the University of Hawaii, who is dedicated to studying people from Bajau, did not participate in a new research. Scientists have investigated the extraordinary ability of Bajau people to conclude that they are able to spend several minutes underwater, thanks to the genetic mutation, they also have an enlarged spleen. This organ, among other things, can keep oxygen carrying red blood cells.

People Bajau - PDE10A and enlarged spleen

This conclusion clearly follows the previous study, in which scientists examined why some seals would last longer than others. As it turned out, seals who are able to keep longer under water also have an enlarged spleen. Scientists who have inspired this conclusion have decided to use the 43 ultrasonic sclerometer to people from Bajau and 33 to people from a neighboring group of Saluan farmers. And what was the result? One variation of the gene called what is called PDE10A has affected the size of the spleen in the Bajau people. This was a surprising finding for scientists, so far they have never linked this gene to the size of the spleen.