Abstract
The title of this report was the theme of the 7th Oxford International Biomedical Centre (OIBC) Symposium, just a few months after the publication of a paper suggesting that the genus Pan (including the chimpanzee and the bonobo) should be merged with the genus Homo. It has been realised for many years that the chimpanzee is our nearest living relative, and recent DNA studies have strengthened this view. The 2006 OIBC Symposium was held jointly with the Royal Institution, in Magdalen College School, Oxford, on 28th March. A distinguished panel of speakers addressed an audience comprising OIBC members, R.I. members, and pupils of some local secondary schools. The Rt. Hon. Andrew Smith, MP for Oxford East, welcomed participants and officially opened the Symposium. A morning of lectures, with a few questions from the audience as time allowed, was followed by a lively afternoon session of questions and comments from the audience, with replies from the speakers. In the evening the symposium ended with a reception and dinner in Magdalen College, Oxford University, where Lord Donald Hankey gave an after-dinner speech on ‘‘Cross-cultural understanding’’.
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