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Chimps, Humans Differ More Then Thought

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-at-our-past dept.

DrLudicrous writes "CNN is carrying an article about a researcher at CalTech. Biologist Roy Briton undertook a comparison of human and chimp genomes, and came up with a 5% difference, versus the usual 2% cited in the literature. You can read the article at CNN. This seems to point out that chimps and humans most likely had a more distant ancestor than thought- but the results also need to be examined and redone by 3rd parties to ensure objectivity. Interesting stuff."

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  1. Percent? by Captain_Stupendous · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isn't "Percent difference" completely irrelevant when comparing DNA? I was under the impression that we shared something like 99% of our DNA with invertebrates, plants, and other unexpected, non-humanoid lifeforms.

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