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[at-l] who, where, & why



It may be worth pondering but I've seen new reports that the difference
between chimps and humans is larger than previously reported. The original
report only used a small portion of the genome to compare the two critters.

Bryan

"Si vis pacem para bellum"

>
> FWIW - There was a segment on "Morning Report" (NPR) yesterday about the
> relative importance of the 'Y' chromosome. One interviewee (a
> woman) claimed
> that it was of no real importance because men and women's genetic
> makeup is
> 98.5% identical and that other 1.5% couldn't make that much difference.
> Another researcher they interviewed (a man) countered with the observation
> that humans and chimps also have 98.5% genetic material in
> common, at which
> point the reporter observed "that means that men have as much in
> common with
> their wives as they do with chimps" (genetically speaking of course). A
> thought worth pondering.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ga. Dawg" <gadog430@charter.net>
> To: "'Jim Bullard'" <jbullar1@twcny.rr.com>;
> <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 7:39 AM
> Subject: RE: [at-l] who, where, & why
>
>
> > I could explain this, but then I would be out of the club. Sorry.
> >
> > Dawg
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > <<Saunterer (who has never understood women including the one he
> > loves)>>
>
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