Sentences with phrase «light on chimpanzee»

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But Ardi's most important legacy could be the light she sheds on our last common ancestor, that mysterious creature that ultimately gave rise to both today's humans and our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees.

But over the past 15 years, the field of canine cognition has exploded as scientists have shown that dogs can outsmart chimpanzees in some tests and can even shed light on the evolution of our own intellect.

It also sheds some light on how two species — humans and chimpanzees — that share so many genes can be so different.

Koops added: «Given the close evolutionary relationship between chimpanzees, bonobos and humans, insights into species and sex differences in «preparation» for tool use between chimpanzees and bonobos can help us shed light on the functions of the highly debated gender differences among children.»

But ancient - DNA sequencing is beginning to shed some light on the issue.11 For example, by comparing a human HAR sequence with the HAR sequence of an archaic hominin, researchers can estimate if the HAR mutated before, after, or during the time period of our common ancestor.12 This approach has revealed that the rate at which HAR mutations emerged was slightly higher before we split from Neanderthals and Denisovans.3, 13 As a result, most HAR mutations are millions of years old and shared with these extinct hominins (but not with chimpanzees).