Ever thought why don’t humans have tails? It certainly is one of the marathon questions that scientists themselves have been racking their brains about for years. Whereas most of the other species ...

Scientists are still debating exactly how and where humans fit on the evolutionary tree of great apes. A group of ancient primates that included gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans are thought to have ...

Humans have many wonderful qualities, but we lack something that’s a common feature among most animals with backbones: a tail. Exactly why that is has been something of a mystery. Tails are useful for ...

WASHINGTON — Our very ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don’t we? Somewhere around 20 million or 25 million years ago, when apes diverged from monkeys, our branch of the tree of life shed its ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Our very ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don’t we? Somewhere around 20 million or 25 million years ago, when apes diverged from monkeys, our branch of the tree of life shed ...