New Human-Chimp Chromosome 2 Data Challenge Common ...
Apr 29, 2011· One of the leading arguments used to support the concept that apes—particularly chimpanzees—and humans descended from a common ancestor is the "chromosome 2 fusion model." This scenario involves the claim that the end-to-end fusion of two small chimpanzee-like chromosomes (now called 2A and 2B in chimpanzees) formed one stable large chromosome in humans .