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Scientists have discovered a regulatory gene called TBXT which appears to be responsible for the loss of the tail in human and ape ancestors around 25 million years ago.

Why don’t humans have tails? Scientists find answers in an unlikely place | CNN Humans’ closest primate relatives lost their tails about 25 million years ago, but exactly how has remained a mystery. A breakthrough in genetic research may finally offer answers.

The last time the earth rose significantly in average global temperatures was during the early stages of primate evolution. But the drastic change resulted in a mixed bag of effects for life on earth.

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Interesting thought experiment…

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“By the end of 2022 the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) – those forced from their homes but remaining within their country of residence – reached 71 million, according to figures published by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), up from 59.1 million in 2021.”

Conflict and climate disasters combine to create record rise in displaced people — Guardian US Ukraine war and Pakistan’s ‘monsoon on steroids’ among events driving surge on ‘scale never seen before’ as 71m people displaced

“Excavated from Denisova Cave in southern Siberia, the pendant was worn by a woman who lived between 19,000 and 25,000 years ago, according to the analysis of human genetic material preserved in the pendant. She belonged to a group known as Ancient North Eurasians, which have a genetic connection to the first Americans.”

DNA from 25,000-year-old pendant reveals woman who wore it — CNN Traces of ancient DNA contained in old bones have spilled fascinating secrets about the past.

Popular snacks seemed to be nuts, olives, and fruits!

Archeologists Unearth Ancient Roman Snacks Of Colosseum Spectators — Forbes The audience at Rome’s Colosseum might have nibbled on nuts, olives and fruit during shows, archeologists have discovered.

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Congratulations to Svante Paabo for his Nobel prize winning studies on human evolution!

Nobel Prize goes to Svante Paabo for Neanderthal work — BBC News Sweden's Svante Paabo wins the prize for discoveries on humanity's extinct relatives.

The evidence is mounting that North America may have been populated by humans much earlier than we thought.

Were Humans in North America Before the Ice Age? — National Geographic History  news