Chimp Sex Sexy Chimp

[princehal]

The very roots of the human family tree have been redrawn thanks to a groundbreaking study that has compared the genetic codes of humans and chimpanzees.

The US research, published in Nature, shows that the evolutionary split between humans and chimpanzees was not clean and sudden 7 million years ago, as previously suspected.

The split happened 6.3 million years ago at the earliest, say the scientists. But more importantly, the genetic analysis shows that chimpanzees and the earliest hominids continued to have sex with each other and swap genes for another 1.2 million years before the final break.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/meet-your-ancestor/2006/05/17/1147545394809.html

[niyad]

1. hmm, I think the latest gene swap was about 60 years ago--and did

nothing to improve the chimp.

[dweller]

2. Bonobos have more fun!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobos

http://williamcalvin.com/teaching/bonobo.htm

long live Pan!
dp

[Bonobo]

4. Yes we do!!!

[bemildred]

3. Sounds like they were all criminals back then ... nt