Dr David Young

Honorary, School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne; Director, Tiegs Museum, University of Melbourne

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Why don’t humans have tails?

Yes, there is a good tale behind the disappearance of tails from monkeys to humans

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