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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 985 (1 November 2007) | doi:10.1038/nsmb1107-985

Chromatin coming into focus

The new Hall of Human Origins at the American Museum of Natural History in New York brings together evidence illustrating the evolutionary changes in hominid form that may have so profoundly affected function. Before letting the skeletons out of the closet, the exhibit features a molecular biology corner, which poses a question to all that dare enter: “If human and chimp DNA is 98.