Yoav Gilad

Yoav Gilad
access altered animal cooked cooking found natural nutrients perhaps plant process
No other animal relies on cooked food. Perhaps something in the cooking process altered the biochemical requirements for maximal access to nutrients as well as the need to process the natural toxins found in plant and animal foods.
humans question
The big question is why are humans so different?
case changes drive environment expression genes humans lifestyle question rapid shift sort
The big question is why are humans so different. What sort of changes in the environment or lifestyle would drive such a rapid shift in the expression of genes - in this case in the liver- in humans and in no other primate?
changes fairly found gene looked million small
When we looked at gene expression, we found fairly small changes in 65 million years of the macaque, orangutan, and chimpanzee evolution.