2007-04-27

Human-chimp gene study upsets long-held view

http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=5808

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Put a human and a chimpanzee side by side, and it seems obvious which lineage has changed the most since the two diverged from a common ancestor millions of years ago. Such apparent physical differences, along with human speech, language and brainpower, have led many people to believe that natural selection has acted in a positive manner on more genes in humans than in chimps.

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