Researchers Find 'Junk DNA' May Have Triggered Key Evolutionary Changes in Human Thumb and Foot
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 13:29
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Out of the 3 billion genetic letters that spell out the human genome, Yale scientists have found a handful that may have contributed to the evolutionary changes in human limbs that enabled us to manipulate tools and walk upright.