Almost Chimpanzee: Redrawing the Lines That Separate Us from Them

The captivating story of how a band of scientists has redrawn the genetic and behavioral lines that separate humans from our nearest cousins.

In the fall of 2005, a band of researchers cracked the code of the chimpanzee genome and provided a startling new window into the differences between humans and our closest primate cousins. For the past several years, acclaimed Science reporter Jon Cohen has been following the DNA hunt, as well as eye-opening new studies in ape communication, human ev...