Bonobo Genome Completed: The Final Great Ape to Be Sequenced - Polidicks

[quote] In a project led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, an international team of scientists has completed the sequencing and analysis of the genome of the last great ape, the bonobo. Bonobos, which together with chimpanzees are the closest living relatives of humans, are known for their peaceful, playful and sexual behaviour that contrasts with the more aggressive behaviour of chimpanzees. The genome sequence provides insights into the evolutionary relationships between the great apes and may help us to understand the genetic basis of these traits. [IMG]http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2012/06/120613133144.jpg[/IMG] The genome was sequenced from Ulindi, a female bonobo who lives in the Zoo Leipzig. Genome sequences have also been generated from all other great apes -- chimpanzee, orang-utan and gorilla -- making this the final genome of a great ape to be sequenced and providing insights into their relationships with one another and with humans. The comparison of the genome sequences of bonobo, chimpanzee, and human show that humans differ by approximately 1.3% from both bonobo and chimpanzee. Chimpanzees and bonobos are more closely related, differing by only 0.4%. Bonobo and chimpanzee territories in central Africa are close to one another and separated only by the Congo River. It has been hypothesized that the formation of the Congo River separated the ancestors of chimpanzees and bonobos, leading to these distinct apes. Examination of the relationship between bonobos and chimpanzees showed that there appears to have been a clean split and no subsequent interbreeding, which supports this hypothesis. Despite the fact that on average the genomes of bonobos and chimpanzees are equally distant from human, analysis of the genome sequence of the bonobo revealed that for some particular parts of the genome, humans are closer to bonobos than to chimpanzees, while in other regions the human genome is closer to chimpanzees. Further research will determine whether these regions contribute in any way to the behavioural differences and similarities between humans, chimpanzees, and bonobos. ---------------------------------------- Source: [URL]http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133144.htm[/URL] [quote] Article: The bonobo genome comparedwith the chimpanzee and human genomes [URL]http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/nature11128.pdf[/URL] [/quote] [/quote] Would you look at that.. Evolution was correct, yet again...

While evolution by technical standards cannot be called a law, it is most certainly the law of the universe in every way possible.

[QUOTE=ewitwins;36322811]While evolution by technical standards cannot be called a law, it is most certainly the law of the universe in every way possible.[/QUOTE] Evolution has laws, such as the [i]'law of monophyletic variation'[/i]. :) A theory is higher than a 'law' of old.

The word Bonobo always brings me back to SSX: On Tour... [video=youtube;jewRVylbjWE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jewRVylbjWE&feature=channel&list=UL[/video]

[QUOTE=Bradyns;36322840]Evolution has laws, such as the [i]'law of monophyletic variation'[/i]. :) A theory is higher than a 'law' of old.[/QUOTE] Don't 'laws' in science refer to rules that are somewhat mathematical. Like E=mc² and F=ma. While 'theories' are more like "facts that are repeatedly confirmed by observation".

The Bonobo Genome would be a great name for a prog band.

I was watching something about how Bonobo's use sex to settle everything, instead of fighting.

[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;36325801]I was watching something about how Bonobo's use sex to settle everything, instead of fighting.[/QUOTE] Us humans are a rough combination of those.

Humans from Bonobos and Neandarthals from Chimpanzees It all makes sense now

[QUOTE=ewitwins;36322811]While evolution by technical standards cannot be called a law, it is most certainly the law of the universe in every way possible.[/QUOTE] It's more of a natural "path" here on earth. Lifeforms on other planets may exist and develop in a completely diffrient direction with its own unique set of characteristics.

[QUOTE=Benjimon007;36324031]Don't 'laws' in science refer to rules that are somewhat mathematical. Like E=mc² and F=ma. While 'theories' are more like "facts that are repeatedly confirmed by observation".[/QUOTE] the law of gravity describes how gravity affects things. the theory of gravity explains how it does this. the law of evolution is more complicated, but basically its that things evolve. the theory of evolution is how this happens.