Second cousins.
With reference to "Chimps creep closer yet" (SN: 2/11/06, p. 94), some scientists say that bonohos are genetically closer to humans than to chimps. How did they compare in the referenced study?
DICK MEDVICK, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland. The city's population was 49,958 at the 2000 census. In 2003 the population was estimated at 49,016.
Bonobos are indeed as genetically close to humans as are chimps, but there wasn't was·n't
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wasn't be enough genomie data available for bonobos to include them in the study, says evolutionary biologist biologist
a specialist in biology. Soojin Yi of the Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. . --C. GRAMLING
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