Chimps Genes More Evolved Than Humans

[superconnected]

Source: news at yahoo.com

Since the human-chimp split about 6 million years ago, chimpanzee genes can be said to have evolved more than human genes, a new study suggests.

The results, detailed online this week in the Proceedings of the large brains, cognitive abilities and bi-pedalism.

Jianzhi Zhang of the University of Michigan and his colleagues analyzed strings of DNA from nearly 14,000 protein-coding genes shared by chimps and humans. They looked for differences gene by gene and whether they caused changes in the generated proteins.

Genes act as instructions that organisms use to make proteins and thus are integral to carrying out biological functions, such as transporting oxygen to the body’s cells. Different versions of the same gene are called alleles.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070417/sc_livescience/chimpsmoreevolvedthanhumans

[jgraz]

1. They clearly didn't test W

[valerief]

7. LOL! Good one! nt

[slackmaster]

2. I for one have never been able to open a can of beer with my feet

:shrug:

[MidwestTransplant]

3. Take that Bush bashers!

[Arugula Latte]

4. Damn Dirty Apes!

They'll take over, I tell you!

[va4wilderness]

5. This is why I don't like people constantly referring to W as the chimp

Chimpanzees are admirable. W is not.

We can learn a lot from other species & should respect other lifeforms on this magnificent planet.

AND WE should s*#t-can W ASAP before he and his cronies wipe out any other species by weakening the few environmental laws/regs we have.

[Tiggeroshii]

22. You sure they didn't do a coup' de tat?

To put one of their own in power?

[youngdem]

6. .

[Cha]

11. Yeah, chimps can't help it if

bush has an monkey persona but clearly he is one muthafriggin' dumb chimp.

[demnan]

8. That's great

and maybe they'll actually believe in evolution when the proof is presented to them some day.

[unpossibles]

9. no they won't - there is already a mountain of evidence

for evolution that is ignored. Any proof is seen as "work of the Devil" by the anti-science crowd.

[daleo]

10. I, for one, welcome our new chimp overlords

Yikes, that's not really a joke these days.

[shanti]

12. Will.Not.Go.There.

:eyes:

[enki23]

13. please, let this actually help spread the understanding that "evolve" does not mean "progress"

of course, it won't. most americans believe goddidit anyway.

[WindRavenX]

15. Yeah, it's frustrating isn't it?

I can't wait for the backlash to this story though...should be fun :eyes:

[Nikki Stone1]

19. The idea of evolution as "progress" is a 19th century rhetorical creation

A "marketing gimmick" if you prefer. What Darwin realized is that mutations could be literally anything and those that stuck were those that the environment favored, regardless of value in human terms. There was no better or worse, only change. But "progress" was the ideal of both academics (philosophers and scientists) as well as of Christian ministers who wanted to make humans better. So to get his ideas out there without being completely shut down by the establishment, Darwin's evolution had to be dressed up as progress.

[cyberpj]

14. It's Nature's way of readying the next humans, knowing our version will anihilate each other. nt

[xchrom]

16. cool.

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. For those whose less evolved genes can't make out the second sentence

here's the correct version, without the random Yahoo word editing:

The results, detailed online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contradict the conventional wisdom that humans are the result of a high degree of genetic selection, evidenced by our relatively large brains, cognitive abilities and bi-pedalism.


http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/070417_chimps_evolve.html

[Javaman]

18. See, chimps had nukes long ago, but realized there was no point due to

M.A.D.

[samsingh]

20. when i read chimp - i thought it meant bush.

[Irreverend IX]

21. "More evolved?"

It sounds like something someone who's sorely ignorant about biology would say.

[Vilis Veritas]

23. Spin by Rove to boost Chimps numbers...n/t