What do we learn from the genomes of chimpanzees and other monkeys?
S.tuengler / inAfrica.de / Alamy
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One of the most thorny problems not resolved in human evolution is its starting point – of which we know almost nothing.
I refer to the last common ancestor that we share with chimpanzees and bonobos, our nearest parents. This mystery monkey lived millions of years ago; At one point, the population was divided into two. A group gave birth to modern chimpanzees …
