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A genetic mutation that switched off a sugar-making enzyme in early hominids may possibly helped accelerate their evolution some three million years ago.
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The muscles controlling the pelvic fins of the marine species have paved the way for the evolution of back legs in higher animals.
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Believe it or not, we may all have evolved from a mouse-like creature that scurried about in trees 160 million years ago, scientists say.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 18:24
Although it`s a constant and sometimes rapid process, evolutionary changes takes one million years, say scientists.
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Grasslands dominated the cradle of humanity in east Africa longer and more broadly than thought.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 19:37
They also point to studies showing that the landscapes of the two regions of east Africa richest in hominid fossils.
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Humans may be evolving a third as slowly as commonly thought, according to an investigation into genetic changes in two generations of families.
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Dogs, cats, cows and other domesticated animals may have been vital to human evolution, a new theory suggests.
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Italian scientists said on Friday they had found evidence of how viruses helped change the course of human evolution and said their discovery could help in the design of better drugs and vaccines.
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