Nearby chimpanzee populations show much greater genetic diversity than distant human populations
Friday, March 2, 2012 - 12:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Chimpanzee populations living in relatively close proximity are substantially more different genetically than humans living on different continents, according to a new study. The study suggests that genomics can provide a valuable new tool for use in chimpanzee conservation, with the potential to identify the population of origin of an individual chimpanzee or the provenance of a sample of bush meat.