Not a Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes That Make Us Human

by Jeremy Taylor

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Humans are primates, and our closest relatives are the other African apes - chimpanzees closest of all. With the mapping of the human genome, and that of the chimp, a direct comparison of the differences between the two, letter by letter along the billions of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts of the DNA code, has led to the widely vaunted claim that we differ from chimps by a mere 1.6% of our genetic code. A mere hair's breadth genetically! To a rather older tradition...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199227780

ISBN13:9780199227785

Release Date:August 2009

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 8.6" x 5.3"

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