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Chimps, Humans Differ More Then Thought

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-at-our-past dept.

DrLudicrous writes "CNN is carrying an article about a researcher at CalTech. Biologist Roy Briton undertook a comparison of human and chimp genomes, and came up with a 5% difference, versus the usual 2% cited in the literature. You can read the article at CNN. This seems to point out that chimps and humans most likely had a more distant ancestor than thought- but the results also need to be examined and redone by 3rd parties to ensure objectivity. Interesting stuff."

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  1. Then / Than by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd imagine chimps would make this mistake less often than the 'editors' around here . . .

  2. After recently visiting... by psyconaut · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...some Linux User Group meetings.....I can safely argue that there is much less difference between chimps and Linux geeks than previously thought. Surprisingly, the chimps had less body hair and better hygiene than most Linux geeks ;-)

    -psyco