What is the percentage of DNA the chimpanzee has in common with humans ?

Posted by admin on December 27th, 2009 and filed under colobus monkey | 3 Comments »

where can i find this information?
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This depends on who is doing the counting & how it is done. It varies between 95 & 98.5%.
Humans and chimps can have 95% or >98.5% similar DNA depending on which nucleotides are counted and which are excluded. Modern humans can have a single recent ancestor <10,000 or 100,000-200,000 years ago depending on whether a relationship with chimpanzees is assumed and which types of mutations are considered. The link below can explain the reasons for disagreements.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v17/i1/DNA.asp

3 Responses

  1. wooo Says:

    Forget the 98%, where did the 3% come from? Are we to assume that the human race just may in fact be genetically engineered by ETs?
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  2. Topshottadonpappa1 Says:

    what’s the percentage from an ape to nemotode? pretty close if you ask me

    http://www.whyevolution.com/chimps.html

    I’m going to put it like this..No one really knows about life after death, or the universe, or where humans came from. So logically you create a point of view and have it as a fact, like it’s the gospel truth, with no substantial backing to the reasonable theory. Why? Because life’s one big mysterious surprise..Don’t ruin the fun and be a party crasher. And if you do know, keep it to yourself.
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  3. ed031639 Says:

    This depends on who is doing the counting & how it is done. It varies between 95 & 98.5%.
    Humans and chimps can have 95% or >98.5% similar DNA depending on which nucleotides are counted and which are excluded. Modern humans can have a single recent ancestor <10,000 or 100,000-200,000 years ago depending on whether a relationship with chimpanzees is assumed and which types of mutations are considered. The link below can explain the reasons for disagreements.
    http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v17/i1/DNA.asp
    References :

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