Human evolution
Phylogeny
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You, me and chimpanzee
Chimpanzees are our closest relatives and we have learned much from them about our own evolutionary history and about human disease. But chimps are under threat from loss of habitat, exploitation and the spread of diseases from a growing human population. Postgraduate researchers Rachel Kwok and Miriam Fenkes highlight the efforts being made to conserve chimps and the problems associated with using them in research
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