Author: Ann Gibbons, Science AAAS

  • Bonobos Join Chimps as Closest Human Relatives

    Chimpanzees now have to share the distinction of being our closest living relative in the animal kingdom. An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of the bonobo for the first time, confirming that it shares the same percentage of its DNA with us as chimps do. The team also found some small but…