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Chimpanzee Genome Sequenced

Started by Unbeliever, February 13, 2007, 04:11:25 pm

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February 13, 2007, 04:11:25 pm Last Edit: February 13, 2007, 04:12:26 pm by Unbeliever
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0831_050831_chimp_genes.html

QuoteScientists have sequenced the genome of the chimpanzee and found that humans are 96 percent similar to the great ape species.

"Darwin wasn't just provocative in saying that we descend from the apes--he didn't go far enough," said Frans de Waal, a primate scientist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. "We are apes in every way, from our long arms and tailless bodies to our habits and temperament."
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