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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.

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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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