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Nature 446, 841 (19 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/446841a; Published online 18 April 2007

Chimps lead evolutionary race

Michael Hopkin

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More chimpanzee genes have been positively selected for than human ones.

Humans are generally believed to be more highly 'evolved' than our chimpanzee cousins. But in at least one sense that isn't true, say geneticists who have hunted for the hallmarks of natural selection in our respective genomes — and found more of them in chimps.

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