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Call me Deacon Blues Donating Member (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 12:59 PM
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Chimp genetic code opens human frontiers
Chimp genetic code opens human frontiers
Genome comparison reveals many similarities — and crucial differences

By Alan Boyle
Science editor
MSNBC

Scientists unleashed a torrent of studies comparing the genetic coding for humans and chimpanzees on Wednesday, reporting that 96 percent of our DNA sequences are identical. Even more intriguingly, the other 4 percent appears to contain clues to how we became different from our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, they said.

More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9136200/


Just think, someday, we may even have a chimp as President!

No, wait . . .
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:00 PM
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1. Oh, man...you opened the door, just get ready for people to slam it.
:silly: :7
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Call me Deacon Blues Donating Member (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:03 PM
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2. It was just too good to pass up
Hee-hee.

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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:23 PM
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3. Are you trying to say that we humans have 96% of something in common...
with george w. bush??? I don't accept or believe that for a second.
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