From the Vault: Clint Is Dead, Long Live Clint!

[A post from 2005 I'm fond of]

[image error]Clint, the chimpanzee in this picture, died several months ago at a relatively young age of 24. But part of him lives on. Scientists chose him–or rather, his DNA–as the subject of their first attempt to sequence a complete chimpanzee genome. In the new issue of Nature, they've unveiled their first complete draft, and already Clint's legacy has offered some awesome insights into our own evolution.

The editors of Nature have dedicated a sprawling space in the...