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Did the loss of endogenous ascorbate propel the evolution of Anthropoidea and Homo sapiens?
Medical hypotheses - 1 May 1997
Challem J J
Abstract excerpt
It has been previously theorized that free-radical reactions led to the first life on Earth, and their ability to randomly cause mutations may have subsequently led to the evolution of life. One of the most efficient free-radical quenchers is ascorbate, which most animals manufacture endogenously. It is generally believed that, approximately 25 million years ago, an ancestor of the Anthropoidea primate suborder,...
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