By comparing the human and chimp genomes, we can see the process of evolution clearly in the changes (in DNA) since we diverged from our common ancestor.
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It's going to tell us important things about who we are and what we are -- medically, socially, and so forth. It's a pretty stunning achievement.Robert Waterston
When we look at chimpanzees ... we get this extremely fine-grained view of evolution, and as a result we understand a lot more about the processes that are changing our own genome over time.
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As our closest living evolutionary relatives, chimpanzees are especially suited to teach us about ourselves. We still do not have in our hands the answer to a most fundamental question What makes us human But this genomic comparison dramatically narrows the search for the key biological differences between the species.
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Chimpanzees are especially suited to teach us about ourselves. Comparing the genomes will help us address the question of the specific things that make us human.
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We're looking at evolution in action.
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