Yoav Gilad
Yoav Gilad
create effort huge involves
It involves very little effort to create a huge effect.
access altered animal cooked cooking found natural nutrients perhaps plant process
No other animal relies on cooked food. Perhaps something in the cooking process altered the biochemical requirements for maximal access to nutrients as well as the need to process the natural toxins found in plant and animal foods.
changes fairly found gene looked million small
When we looked at gene expression, we found fairly small changes in 65 million years of the macaque, orangutan, and chimpanzee evolution.
although ancestors capable dogs early humans job modern rely sniff
Although modern humans must now rely on dogs to sniff out drugs and other contraband at airports, our early ancestors may have been capable of the job themselves!
case changes drive environment expression genes humans lifestyle question rapid shift sort
The big question is why are humans so different. What sort of changes in the environment or lifestyle would drive such a rapid shift in the expression of genes - in this case in the liver- in humans and in no other primate?
humans question
The big question is why are humans so different?