The billion-dollar treasure hunt for human genes is on.

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We used to think using tools made us human, but chimps hunt with crude spears, crows use sticks to dig for bugs, and elephants have been known to disable electric fences by dropping rocks on them.

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Earlier in the year hunt supporters failed to get the lower courts to rule that the legislation breached human rights law, trading and employment regulations.

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Case in point: On Monday, DeCode Genetics published an important genetic map--assembled by methods very different from those used to create the sequence of the human genome--that will make it much easier for scientists to hunt down new genes linked to disease.

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You might be the first human to see a newborn giraffe or follow a pride of lions on a hunt, or even try a safari by foot.

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You might be the first human to see a newborn giraffe or follow a pride of lions on a hunt, go out after dark for a night safari or even try a safari by foot.

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