Another suggestion is that tails disappeared from the earliest apes due to a genetic mistake. When a single short stretch of DNA found in humans and other apes, but not in other primates, was added to ...
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Humans are born with tails—but lose them before birth—and scientists still don’t know why we have them at all
Early in pregnancy, something surprising happens. Every human embryo develops a tail. It is not symbolic or imagined. A real extension forms at the base of the spine, complete with vertebrae. Later, ...
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