Wednesday, September 23, 2026
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How evolution shaped the human skeleton: Clues from cartilage

Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us human are thought to hide instead in the DNA that controls when and where genes switch on.

How evolution shaped the human skeleton: Clues from cartilage
Image: Phys.org
Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us human are thought to hide instead in the DNA that controls when and where genes switch on.

Originally published at Phys.org

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