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Tiny mutation may have shaped modern humans

About 30,000 years ago, a tiny mutation arose in a gene now known as EDAR and began to spread rapidly in central China, eventually becoming common in the region.

This week, scientists at Harvard University offered some explanations for why the EDAR mutation may have been so successful. They....

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