Not a Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes That Make Us Human

by Jeremy Taylor

Book Overview

Humans are primates, and our closest relatives are the other African apes - chimpanzees closest of all. With the mapping of the human genome, and that of the chimp, a direct comparison of the differences between the two, letter by letter along the billions of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts of the DNA code, has led to the widely vaunted claim that we differ from chimps by a mere 1.6% of our genetic code. A mere hair's breadth genetically! To a rather older tradition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199227780
• ISBN13: 9780199227785
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.6" x 5.3"