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Complex genetic architecture underlies human hand and foot evolution

2025-08-18

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>The transition to bipedal locomotion is a key event in human evolution, involving substantial changes to the skeleton, including the bones of the hands and feet (autopods). Hominins evolved a more muscular and opposable thumb while the other fingers are relatively shorter, enhancing manipulative capacity. The feet evolved robust first toes and short lateral toes to meet the challenges o...

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Literature Corpus work: af483414-ca4b-52e6-8a27-9e89b333c3c5
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7124496/v1

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