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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Mar-2024 08:09:53 JST Flipboard Science Desk

If humans are indeed the most evolved species, why do so many of us suffer from developmental or genetic diseases? Phys.org explains why, unlike our ape ancestors, humans are still paying the price for losing our tails. https://flip.it/DX01o9
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1. Losing their tails provided our ape ancestors with an evolutionary advantage, but we're still paying the price
  
  Put the word "evolution" into Google images and the results are largely variations on one theme: Ralph Zallinger's illustration, March of Progress. Running left to right, we see a chimp-like knuckle walker gradually becoming taller and standing erect.

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