> Here are Yahoo and CNN articles at:
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990922/sc/science_genes_3.html
>
> and
>
> http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9909/22/science.genes.reut/index.html
>
> regarding the possibility that humans may have *twice* as many genes
> (140,000) as previously thought (60,000-80,000). If this holds up it makes
> the `humans share 98% of their genes with chimps' line even more shaky
> (unless of course chimps turn out to have twice as many genes as first
> thought too!).