Chromosome 2- the “smoking gun” of evolution (or intelligent design?)

Taxonomy tells us that unlike the other three genera of the family, Hominidae, our Homo genus has only 46 chromosomes, not 48.  The smoking gun is that the great apes, consisting of genus Pongo (orangutans), Gorilla, and Pan (chimps and bonobos), have two chromosomes which, if we assume an ancient fusion event at the telomeres …

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