Ape Genomes Assembled without Human Fillers

Humans may be less inclined to read themselves into the genomes of great apes, now that less “humanized” ape genomes have been assembled. The newly assembled genomes, one for the chimpanzee and one for the orangutan, are “all ape,” that is, they do not rely on human fillers. In previously assembled ape genomes, genetic information from the human genome was used to fill in thousands of gaps, potentially skewing answers to the popular question, “What distinguishes hum