Meaningless genetic code helped form human hands

By Roger Highfield, Science Editor Genetic code once written off as meaningless is today show to have played a potential role in the evolution of the human ability to hold tools and walk upright. The study is the latest in a long line of evidence to show that the genetics textbooks will have to be rewritten. It underlines how, even though the human genetic code was read letter by letter for the first time in... [read full story]