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tim_maroney

chimpanzees - genus homo?

May 19, 2003 23:26

Chimps May Have Closer Links to Humans

Humans and chimps share 99.4 percent of DNA -- genetic code for life -- according to a team led by Morris Goodman of the Wayne State University School of Medicine ( Read more... )

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tim_maroney May 21 2003, 18:08:21 UTC

It's a good point. The study doesn't seem to be online yet, though it was supposed to appear on May 19. Still, I would think the chimpanzees were probably Pan troglodytes rather than the lovably libidinal Pan paniscus or pygymy chimpanzee. I'd think the genetic difference between Pan troglodytes and Pan paniscus would be less than that between the former and Homo sapiens, but I could be mistaken.

Not to skip to the good parts or anything, but here's the closing bit of the last long link above:

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