Re: Change from 48 to 46 chromosomes

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In article <45hi7e$jjl@ednet1.osl.or.gov>, dtyler@ednet1.osl.or.gov (donald e. tyler) writes:
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>Any evolutionary guesses
>as to how apes with 48
>chromosomes were changed
>to homo sapiens with 46?

I think first you'd have to know how many chromosomes the common ancestor
had, wouldn't you? I mean humans didn't actually evolve *from* apes, but
ape-like ancestors. But I'm not familar with the current theory on this --
anybody?
Caroline

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