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Politics : Evolution
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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (1244)12/14/2005 10:19:35 PM
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A gene known to be important for brain development is more active in humans than in apes
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The finding supports a growing consensus among evolutionary anthropologists that hominid divergence from the other great apes was fueled not by the origin of new genes, but by the speeding up or slowing down of the expression of existing genes.

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"We do know that not making enough prodynorphin causes clinical problems, but we don't know what having more of it did for us humans," Wray said. "We're hoping the clinical psychiatrists and psychologists can give us more insight into that aspect."
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