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How evolution shaped the human skeleton: Clues from cartilage

phys.org · 12hShare

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.

First report: The gene-regulatory evolution of the human skeleton — nature.com, 1d