An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
THROWBACK
atavistic, throwback
(adjective) characteristic of an atavist
atavism, reversion, throwback
(noun) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
atavist, throwback
(noun) an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
throwback (plural throwbacks)
A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
(pejorative) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
An atavism.
A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
Source: Wiktionary
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