12.31.06
2007: science on a roll
From restoring sight to new weapons in the war on superbugs, Kate Wighton asks the experts to predict the year ahead
One entry:
Caveman genes shed light on humans
We may realise how close we are to our caveman ancestors when the Neanderthal genome is published next year.
Comparing it with the human genome, and also the chimp genome, we will be able to trace our complete evolution. Scientists can thenidentify which of our genes are different from chimp and caveman, and understand the essence of being human.
This project is of great interest, but the fact remains that human evolution is more than genetic