Sentences with phrase «ape cousins»

Ever since the human genome was sequenced a decade ago, researchers have dreamed about deciphering DNA from our three great ape cousins as well.

Hvilsom et al.'s study shows that we are not unique among our great - ape cousins in dallying with other branches of our family tree.

Now imagine a similar scene involving our closest ape cousins.

M: The time of divergence between humans and our African great ape cousins, the chimp and the gorilla, has been calculated using the known fossil record.

Humans are social animals, much like their ape cousins.

But kids have one big leg up on their ape cousins: They're much more likely to help victims of injustice, according to a new study.

But not all of these genes helped set us apart from our ape cousins originally.

Zhang compared the DNA nucleotide sequence of the human version of ASPM to that of two of our great ape cousins, the chimpanzee and the orangutan, as well to more distantly related animals such as rhesus monkeys, seals, dogs, and hamsters.

We sacrificed strength for endurance after our split from other apes, but it turns out our muscles are only a third weaker than those of our ape cousins

New research shows that our ape cousins share these tendencies, suggesting the response is rooted in our biology rather than in how we are socialized in our culture and economy.

But the work also finds that we've lost some of the ancient microbes that still inhabit our great ape cousins, which could explain some human diseases and even obesity and mental disorders.

Vertical transmission is important to the human gut microbiome too — in 2016, biologists showed that we humans inherited some gut microbes from the ancestors we share with our great ape cousins.

This new study is in line with the view that simple, subtle alterations in the ways genes code for complex features can result in the vast array of different dental configurations that we see across hominins and our ape cousins.