Scientists Complete Genetic Map of the Chimpanzee

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Scientists said yesterday that they have determined the precise order of the 3 billion bits of genetic code that carry the instructions for making a chimpanzee, humankind's closest cousin.

The fresh unraveling of chimpanzee DNA allows an unprecedented gene-to-gene comparison with the human genome, mapped in 2001, and makes plain the evolutionary processes through which chimps and humans arose from a common ancestor about 6 million years ago.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083102278.html

Sorry creationists.

[beam me up scottie]

1. You just KNOW this has to be killing them!

It cheered me up a bit when I heard it on NPR this afternoon.

[NMMNG]

2. Awwwww

Does this mean that we weren't put here a few thousand years ago by the Flying Spaghetti Monster (All Hail His Noodly Appendages )?

[YankeyMCC]

3. It was such a relief to hear this

bit of rational news on NRP instead of the seemingly constant "debate" about evolution and woo-woo - er - I mean creationism - er I mean Delusional Design - er Intelligent (no I can't say it)...whatever their calling it these days.