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How Humans Lost Their Tails – The New York Times
A new study suggests that a single genetic mutation helps explain why monkeys have tails, while apes and people do not.
Mr. Xia brought the finding to his supervisors, Itai Yanai and Jef Boeke, to see what they thought. I nearly fell off my chair, because it is just a stunning result, Dr. Yanai recalled.
To test the idea that the mutation was involved in the disappearance…
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