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by wickedwillie on September 27th, 2004

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How close are humans to the apes genetically?

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  • by Kim Siever on September 27th, 2004

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    Humans differ from both common chimps and bonobos in about 1.6% of DNA, and share 98.4%. Gorillas differ somewhat more, by about 2.3%, from us and from both of the chimps. Humans differ from orangutans by 3.6% of DNA, and from gibbons and siamangs by 5%.

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