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Chimpanzee subspecies are genetically mixed and more diverse than humans, according to research in 5 November 1999 Science

id Pbo. This finding presumably gives a boost to researchers who believe that chimpanzee culture operates in a similar fashion to human culture.

The study has implications for considering human genomic diversity as well. According to Kaessmann, the high degree of diversity in the chimpanzee populations "shows that humans are unique as a species in that we are all extremely closely related to each other--much more so than even our closest living relatives." He said that the next step would be to analyze the Xq13.3 sequence in other great apes such as gorillas and orangutans to determine if their levels of genetic variation are more similar to humans or to chimps. "The question will be: are we or the chimps exceptional among the great apes?"


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