Are Chimps Evlolving?


	Are Chimps Evlolving?

UpStateMike

3-22-2007 2:26 PM

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evolution, chimps, apes

UpStateMike says:

Tool use is on the increase with the chimps.

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If you were to put a sample of chimpanzee DNA next to a sample of human DNA -- and if you had any idea what you were looking at -- you would see that the samples are nearly identical. Chimps and humans share 96 percent of their DNA, and some new research suggests that chimps and humans may have split off from a common ancestor just 4 million years ago, which is a more recent estimate than the generally accepted timeframe of 5 to 7 million years. This would mean that it took about 4 million years for humans and chimpanzees to become completely separate species. The two are so close on the <A href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/evolution.htm">evolutionary ladder</A> that observing chimps offers real glimpses into the way humans may have evolved. And a new, pretty major observation of chimp behavior may provide scientific evidence of a long-suspected theory about human evolution.
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