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Is Obesity Genetic?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHaving obesity isn’t due to genetic factors alone Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RD Genetics can play a role in having obesity. Twin studies...
We finally know why humans don't have tails
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 months ago3d illustration of the coccyx, or tailbone, in a human pelvis. Approximately 25 million years ago, an ancestor of both humans and apes genetically...
Sperm from older rats passes on fewer active genes to offspring because of epigenetic changes
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIf the same mechanism exists in humans, it may explain health differences in children conceived by...
Europeans' ancient ancestors passed down genes tied to multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's risk
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMajor migrations of ancient human populations into Europe over the past 45,000 years and the...
Scientists discover genes that allowed early humans to walk upright
NextShark via Yahoo News· 9 months agoScientists have successfully identified the genes responsible for the evolution of human bipedalism,...
Our *Homo sapiens* ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other types of...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHundreds of thousands of years ago, our *Homo sapiens* ancestors shared the landscape with multiple...
When did humans start getting the common cold?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA young child with blonde hair sits on a bed covered in a blanket while blowing his nose into a tissue. Most people catch the common cold at least once a...
Scientists find the last remnants of the human genome that were missing in the Y chromosome
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 8 months agoRost9/Shutterstock More than 20 years ago, the human genome was first sequenced. While the first...
Why the Y chromosome is vanishing and what this means for the future
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMale karyotype with X and Y chromosomes. The biological sex of a human being is determined by which...
A new model for human origins in Africa upends commonly held beliefs about our evolution
Salon via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCabinet of replica human fosil skulls. From a college dept of Anthropology.kickstand via Getty...
