Dupuytren’s contracture is a potentially crippling fibrotic condition of the fingers being permanently bent in a flexed position. Here is an interesting article suggesting that having Dupuytren’s contracture might be a genetic trait inherited from the Neanderthals. The video and article below describes this association.       Because of its frequency in some populations, Dupuytren’s contracture has been called the Viking disease or Celtic hand. In Norway, about