[extropy-chat] BIO: Chimps and Humans

[Robert J. Bradbury]

Some of you may have noticed the posting of the chimpanzee genome
and the results of some chimp-human gene comparisons.  The short
summary is that it looks like humans have been on an evolutionary
fast track over the last 100,000 years.

NY Times summary:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/12/science/12GENO.html?pagewanted=print

Brief mention in Science (for those with subscriptions...):
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/302/5652/1876a

Article:
Inferring Nonneutral Evolution from Human-Chimp-Mouse Orthologous Gene Trios
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/302/5652/1960

Given the similarities between the genomes its going to make
being a creationist just a little bit harder...  :-)

Robert