Human ancestors probably lost their tails 25 million years ago — and a strange ‘jumping gene’ may explain why
Humans and other apes are tail-less due to a peculiar 'jumping gene', which used to be considered 'junk DNA'.
Tag: Apes
The mutation that may explain how humans lost their tails
Some lucky ape-like ancestor got it 20 million years ago.
Tiny, fossilized ape skull brings us closer to the common human-ape ancestor, fuels debate over humanity’s place of birth
Not bad for such a small thing.
