Tweak in gene expression may have helped humans walk upright
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 15:01
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have identified a change in gene expression between humans and primates that may have helped give us this edge when it comes to walking upright. And they did it by studying a tiny fish called the threespine stickleback that has evolved radically different skeletal structures to match environments around the world.