Monkeys
Jun 3 2009, Michael Rundle

Filed under: Weird, Science, Nature Some of our closest evolutionary cousins have taken one step closer to overthrowing the human dominance of planet Earth today, after scientists announced they have successfully modified the genes of marmosets so they ca

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