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U of T Researchers Uncover Major Source of Evolutionary Differences among Species

By Guest PostJanuary 1, 2013Nature, Sciencealternative splicing, alzheimer, benjamin blencowe, brain, cancer, chicken, chimpanzee, disease, disease susceptibility, frog, fundamental characteristics, fundamental difference, genetic basis, genetic messages, heart, human, human brain, human diseases, identical, liver, mouse, multiple proteins, nuno barbosa morais, set of genes, species, university of toronto, vertebrate, vertebrate evolution

TORONTO, ON – University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine researchers have uncovered a genetic basis for fundamental differences between humans and other vertebrates that could also help explain why humans are susceptible to diseases not found in other species.

Scientists have wondered why vertebrate species, which look and behave very differently from one another, nevertheless share very similar repertoires of genes. For example, despite obvious physical differences, humans and chimpanzees share a nearly identical set of genes. (more…)

More Sophisticated Wiring, Not Just a Bigger Brain, Helped Humans Evolve Beyond Chimps

By Guest PostAugust 26, 2012Scienceamino acids, autism, bipolar syndrome, brain disease, brain region, brain tissue, cellular protein, chimp, chimp brain, chimpanzee, circadian rhythm, clock, daniel geschwind, DNA, expression, foxp1, foxp2, frontal cortex, frontal lobe, function, gene manufacture, genevieve konopka, genome, hippocampus, human, human brain, human evolution, human gene, hypothesis, jeremy davis turak, kellen winden, plasticity, schizophrenia, striatum, tara friedrich, ucla

Human and chimp brains look anatomically similar because both evolved from the same ancestor millions of years ago. But where does the chimp brain end and the human brain begin?

A new UCLA study pinpoints uniquely human patterns of gene activity in the brain that could shed light on how we evolved differently than our closest relative. The identification of these genes could improve understanding of human brain diseases like autism and schizophrenia, as well as learning disorders and addictions.

The research appears Aug. 22 in the advance online edition of the journal Neuron. (more…)

Yale Anthropologist Unlocks Real Story of The Chimpanzee

By Guest PostApril 20, 2012Sciencechimp behavior, chimpanzee, david watts, disney movie, ngogo forest, poachers, ugandan jungle, university of michigan, yale anthropologist

Deep in the Ugandan jungle, David Watts, Yale anthropologist and consultant for new Disney movie “Chimpanzee,” has studied the behavior of humanity’s closest relative. The Ngogo forest boasts one of the largest chimpanzee populations in the world, which not only makes it a great location to film movies, but an unparalleled place to explore chimp […]

Good that ‘chimps’ can’t talk

By ShamsNovember 16, 2009Scienceamino-acid composition, cheetah, chimpanzee, dna code, forkhead box P2, foxp2, gene, human lineage, molecular evolution, tarzan, wolfgang enard

Of course you remember well ‘Cheeta’, Tarzan’s Chimpanzee. He amused millions of Tarzan’s fans, and remained as the closest companion of the ‘Jungle Lord’.

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U of T Researchers Uncover Major Source of Evolutionary Differences among Species

More Sophisticated Wiring, Not Just a Bigger Brain, Helped Humans Evolve Beyond Chimps

Yale Anthropologist Unlocks Real Story of The Chimpanzee

Good that ‘chimps’ can’t talk