Humans heal 3 times slower than our closest animal relatives

New research suggests humans heal slower than our close relatives, though exactly why is unknown. Injuries may heal much more slowly in humans than they do in other mammals, including our closest primate cousins, scientists say. In a study published Tuesday (April 29) in the journal , researchers found that human wounds healed around three times more slowly than the same injuries in nonhuman , including chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), which, along with bonobos (Pan paniscus), are our nearest living relatives. This difference in healing rates between humans and chimps was...