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Q J Med 2003; 96: 953-954
© Association of Physicians 2003; all rights reserved.

Biologic

What's the difference

Colin Berry

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It is no longer fashionable to believe that Man has dominion over all the animals; we are increasingly made aware that we are only a particular branch of the Animalia. However, we are clearly different from even the great apes, and the fact that we have around 60% of our genes in common with the banana does not mean it is 60% as sentient (even if first-year medical students are taken as a baseline). So the inevitable comparisons and subsequent brouhaha that will be made when the genome of Pan troglodytes is published (98.5% of our genes in common, rights for chimps, should chimps have the vote, etc.) raises the question of what makes us human. It is perhaps not surprising that the fact that 80% . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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