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How Humans and Apes Lost Their Tails, According to New Research
Xia and his team have now discovered a genetic alteration that might have the answer to the age-old question: why the ...
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Our ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don't we?
Our very ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don't we? Somewhere around 20 million or 25 million years ago, when apes diverged from monkeys, our branch of the tree of life shed tails.
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Humans are some of the only animals that don't have tails — here's why
Yet, as you get closer to humans on the evolutionary tree, tails disappear. Gorillas don't have them. And neither do chimps or any other ape — including us, of course. To understand why ...
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Humans are some of the only animals that don't have tails - here's why
Yet, as you get closer to humans on the evolutionary tree, tails disappear. Gorillas don't have them. And neither do chimps or any other ape - including us, of course. To understand why ...