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Published online 31 October 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1198
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Primate researchers ask the big questions
Scientists chart course for studies of humans' closest relatives.
Four decades ago, scientists Jane Goodall and Toshisada Nishida began the groundbreaking research that made the world realize how similar humans are to their closest living relative, the chimpanzee. Tomorrow, Goodall, Nishida and 18 other leading scientists will gather in San Francisco, California, for a symposium convened by the Leakey Foundation, which supports and conducts research into human origins.
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