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Nature 442, 725 (17 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442725a; Published online 16 August 2006

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What makes us different from chimps?

Researchers have identified a gene that has changed rapidly during human evolution — a discovery that could be a step towards understanding what sets us apart from other animals.The work, reported online this week in Nature, is some of the first to come from comparing the human genome with that of the chimpanzee, which was published last September.

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