Thumbs up -- a tiny ancestral remnant lends developmental edge to humans (EurekAlert!)

4 September 2008, 2:09 pm

( DOE/Joint Genome Institute ) Subtle genetic changes that confer an evolutionary advantage upon a species, such as the dexterity characteristic of the human hand, while difficult to detect and even harder to reproduce, have nevertheless generated keen interest amongst evolutionary biologists. In findings published online Sept. 5 in Science, researchers from the US Department of Energy's ...... read more

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