This broken gene may have turned our ancestors into marathoners—and helped humans conquer the world

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Despite our couch potato lifestyles, long-distance running is in our genes. A new study in mice pinpoints how a stretch of DNA likely turned our ancestors into marathoners, giving us the endurance to conquer territory, evade predators, and eventually … Discuss

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