Genetic relationships among the apes and humans.
Epistemological difficulties and contradictory sets of molecular genetic data show that the question 'What is our closest living relative?' is surprisingly difficult to answer decisively. It is highly likely that we have not a single closest relative but, at the genus level, two equally close ones.
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Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511.
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D015186:Hominidae / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans
D004247:DNA