The Erasure of Our Tails Through a 'Jumping Gene'

We as humans are evidently tailless, the only evidence remaining that we once did being through the Coccyx, a small remnant of our vestigial tails that through our evolution became less and less advantageous as our ancestors became more terrestrial.

The specifics of said loss, long since remaining unknown, have been covered in a recent paper that has unearthed that a simple genetic change led to how present our tails are today, that being through an itinerant, or travelling piece of DNA that moved to a new chromosomal region which fundamentally changed how great apes formed a key developmental protein. Primate genome sequencing projects have made possible the identification of causal links between the phenotypic and genotypic changes in these animals, as well as enabling and assisting in the search for hominoid-specific genetic elements which control tail development, and this study is one key example of this. I hope you enjoy.

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[MaryAnnNytowl]

Pretty cool video, H! Wish the coccyx would go ahead and evolve away, already, as it's so painful to land on!

[GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

Are you planning on doing more videos on vestigial parts of humans?

[willisgemutlich]

an extremely painful place to land on, and even more painful to fix. look it up yourself or ask a chiropractor. thanks henry, more of this stuff asap the birds are cool but I like the variety. whatever you're thinking about, send it out!

[FlipswitchX]

So when can we opt in to monkey tails a la dragonball?

[ac]

cant understand a single word without subtitles

[primrosevale]

"Humans don't have tails"

Japan's scientists saying catpeople are possible: "Hold my sake."

[KriegZombie]

As a Bio-Anth major I really appreciate your channel.

[kuitaranheatmorus]

I love how very awesome this video was, and I love it.

[Mydarkarts]

I have a question back pain cause with out having a till to support your back?

[jonezzzyyy]

What are the holes for in " the tail" or coxix? I've always wondered this

[bigDbigDbigD]

I love the content on this channel but i have trouble with the narator's voice tone and pace.

[devious]

Could it not be that the heavier or bigger the primate got the less it needed its tail for balance

[sinkingship]

I wonder if it is possible to completely get rid of it, after all, it has no purpose anymore as we do not need a tail.

[Docre_T]

I love your voice, I find it very soothing :)

[thespunkman]

orangutans are mostly arboreal and dont have tails, i wonder if they reevolved to aboreal life after its ancestors lost their tails becouse terrestial life.

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[akeleven]

1. I wonder if this is been compared to the spinal problems that go with the Manx cat.
2. Isn't it over simplification to say we lost our tails because hominids became terrestrial? Maybe there are other reasons?

I'm sorry to say but the rather monotone rapid fire delivery is hard to understand. The information seems truncated.