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Losing their tails provided our ape ancestors with an evolutionary advantage
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Losing their tails provided our ape ancestors with an evolutionary advantage, but we're still paying the price by Laurence D. Hurst, PhysOrg, The Conversation, March 3, 2024 The open access paper is: Xia, B., Zhang, W., Zhao, G., Zhang, X., Bai, J., Brosh, R., Wudzinska, A., Huang, E., Ashe, H., Ellis, G. and Pour, M., 2024. On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes. Nature, 626(8001), pp.1042-1048. Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Trackways in Texas show Sauropods may have waded on two front legs. Not the first time this has been seen either. I wonder if that's why brachiosaurus's front legs were so long? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231408-dinosaur-tracks-seem-to-show-giant-sauropod-wading-on-two-front-legs/amp/
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