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Published online 24 April 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010426-8
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Humanity: it's all in the mind
Genetic activity in the brain gives us the edge over chimps.
The difference between chimps and humans is all in the mind. It is differences in our brain's gene activity that really sets us apart from chimps, delegates at the Human Genome Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, heard this week.
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