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Nature 443, 632 (12 October 2006) | doi:10.1038/443632d; Published online 11 October 2006
Chimp comparisons won't explain human evolution
Robert Barton1
- Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group, Durham University, 43 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN, UK
You state in your News story on genetic differences between humans and other species ("Mix and match: the hunt for what makes us human" Nature 443, 8; 2006) that research is beginning to pin down genes that "evolved rapidly during the transition from chimps to people". No such transition occurred, of course, because chimpanzees are not human ancestors; they have been evolving for exactly the same amount of time.
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