Completion of DNA sequencing studies proves human and chimp DNA are less than 85% similar at best

[mark francis]

When Richard Dawkins started the 98.5% - 99% DNA similarity between humans and chimps narrative, human and chimp DNA had not even been fully sequenced. Now, decades later, evolutionists and their believers and supporters are hesitant to admit that Dawkins was wrong.

Chimp Genome, 14.9% Difference | Evolution News and Science Today

Fact Check: New “Complete” Chimp Genome Shows 14.9 Percent Difference from Human Genome

May 21, 2025, 6:20 AM
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Complete sequencing of ape genomes | Nature

Published: 09 April 2025


Complete sequencing of ape genomes

 

[Starcastle]

When Richard Dawkins started the 98.5% - 99% DNA similarity between humans and chimps narrative, human and chimp DNA had not even been fully sequenced. Now, decades later, evolutionists and their believers and supporters are hesitant to admit that Dawkins was wrong.

Chimp Genome, 14.9% Difference | Evolution News and Science Today

Fact Check: New “Complete” Chimp Genome Shows 14.9 Percent Difference from Human Genome

May 21, 2025, 6:20 AM
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Complete sequencing of ape genomes | Nature

Published: 09 April 2025

Complete sequencing of ape genomes

What about libotards?



They are not that different from chimps.

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

Percentages are easy to ascertain if the total amount is known. Who doesn't comprehend percentages? Only peole that fail to comprehend that it means "parts per hundred".

Clueless imbeciles like Shitshizpants, and others who think that he has the ability to reduce drug prices by 1,000 and 1,500 % have no clue. The reality is that Trump WANTS drug companies to INCREASE drug prices in countries other than the US. Shitshizpants has never lowered the price of even one drug.

It is pretty clear that chimpanzees and other apes do not closely resemble humans of any description, but they do resemble humans in many ways genetically.

 

[mark francis]

Percentages are easy to ascertain if the total amount is known. Who doesn't comprehend percentages? Only peole that fail to comprehend that it means "parts per hundred".

It is pretty clear that chimpanzees and other apes do not closely resemble humans of any description, but they do resemble humans in many ways genetically.

25% of human DNA cannot even be compared to chimp DNA so that's the rub. 99% of similar sequences are 99% similar, but so what? That does not support the erroneous contention that 100% of human DNA matches 99% of chimp DNA.

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

You are not an sort of expert on DNA or RNA. Chimps are similar in some ways to humans, different in others. It is not a matter of DNA percentages.

 

[mark francis]

You are not an sort of expert on DNA or RNA. Chimps are similar in some ways to humans, different in others. It is not a matter of DNA percentages.

I don't have to be an expert to read that researchers have declared that approximately 25% of Human DNA cannot even be compared to chimp DNA.

 

[Phoenix68]

Completion of DNA sequencing studies proves human and chimp DNA are less than 85% similar at best​

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[Gabriel_Bell]

I don't have to be an expert to read that researchers have declared that approximately 25% of Human DNA cannot even be compared to chimp DNA.

Why, yes, you do.
What researchers? You are not qualified to judge the credentials of scientists.
It makes no difference in any case.

 

[Stalin]

as usual, the fake christian ( jesus is love mate ) has it completely wrong

"..Human and chimp DNA is so similar because the two species are so closely related. Humans, chimps and bonobos descended from a single ancestor species that lived six or seven million years ago. As humans and chimps gradually evolved from a common ancestor, their DNA, passed from generation to generation, changed too. In fact, many of these DNA changes led to differences between human and chimp appearance and behavior.

Examine the Evidence​

Matching DNA? Human and chimp DNA is nearly identical when you compare the bands on chromosomes, the bundles of DNA inside nearly every cell. Which two chromosomes are more alike?

Banding Patterns​

The light and dark bands on these chromosomes, created by a laboratory dye, reveal similarities and differences among human, chimp and mouse DNA.

Human and chimp X chromosomes both contain about 1,100 different genes, or sets of instructions. Each gene affects a particular trait in the body.

HEM B - Blood clotting, hemophilia
CPX - facial development, cleft palate
SMC1L1 - chromosome maintenance
OPN1LW - red color vision

Seeing Red​

Most genes in humans and chimps are nearly identical. Both species have the OPN1LW gene, which allows them both to see the color red. But mice lack OPN1LW--and have trouble seeing red.

...And Yet So Different​

If human and chimp DNA is 98.8 percent the same, why are we so different? Numbers tell part of the story. Each human cell contains roughly three billion base pairs, or bits of information. Just 1.2 percent of that equals about 35 million differences. Some of these have a big impact, others don't. And even two identical stretches of DNA can work differently--they can be "turned on" in different amounts, in different places or at different times.

Same Genes, Behaving Differently​

Although humans and chimps have many identical genes, they often use them in different ways. A gene's activity, or expression, can be turned up or down like the volume on a radio. So the same gene can be turned up high in humans, but very low in chimps.

The same genes are expressed in the same brain regions in human, chimp and gorilla, but in different amounts. Thousands of differences like these affect brain development and function, and help explain why the human brain is larger and smarter.

Slightly Different Genes​

The chimpanzee immune system is surprisingly similar to ours--most viruses that cause diseases like AIDS and hepatitis can infect chimpanzees too. But chimps don't get infected by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which a mosquito can transmit through its bite into human blood. A small DNA difference makes human red blood cells vulnerable to this parasite, while chimp blood cells are resistant.

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/human-origins/understanding-our-past/dna-comparing-humans-and-chimps

Similarity Between Human and Chimpanzee Genetics Revealed

Exploring the genetic similarities between humans and chimpanzees to gain a deeper understanding of our shared evolutionary history and the implications for medical research.

scienceofbiogenetics.com

comrade stalin
moscow

 

[mark francis]

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[mark francis]

as usual, the fake christian ( jesus is love mate ) has it completely wrong

"..Human and chimp DNA is so similar because the two species are so closely related. Humans, chimps and bonobos descended from a single ancestor species that lived six or seven million years ago. As humans and chimps gradually evolved from a common ancestor, their DNA, passed from generation to generation, changed too. In fact, many of these DNA changes led to differences between human and chimp appearance and behavior.

That's the stupid unscientific story line.

Examine the Evidence​

Matching DNA? Human and chimp DNA is nearly identical when you compare the bands on chromosomes, the bundles of DNA inside nearly every cell. Which two chromosomes are more alike?

Banding Patterns​

The light and dark bands on these chromosomes, created by a laboratory dye, reveal similarities and differences among human, chimp and mouse DNA.

Human and chimp X chromosomes both contain about 1,100 different genes, or sets of instructions. Each gene affects a particular trait in the body.

HEM B - Blood clotting, hemophilia
CPX - facial development, cleft palate
SMC1L1 - chromosome maintenance
OPN1LW - red color vision

Seeing Red​

Most genes in humans and chimps are nearly identical. Both species have the OPN1LW gene, which allows them both to see the color red. But mice lack OPN1LW--and have trouble seeing red.

...And Yet So Different​

If human and chimp DNA is 98.8 percent the same, why are we so different? Numbers tell part of the story. Each human cell contains roughly three billion base pairs, or bits of information. Just 1.2 percent of that equals about 35 million differences. Some of these have a big impact, others don't. And even two identical stretches of DNA can work differently--they can be "turned on" in different amounts, in different places or at different times.

Same Genes, Behaving Differently​

Although humans and chimps have many identical genes, they often use them in different ways. A gene's activity, or expression, can be turned up or down like the volume on a radio. So the same gene can be turned up high in humans, but very low in chimps.

The same genes are expressed in the same brain regions in human, chimp and gorilla, but in different amounts. Thousands of differences like these affect brain development and function, and help explain why the human brain is larger and smarter.

Slightly Different Genes​

The chimpanzee immune system is surprisingly similar to ours--most viruses that cause diseases like AIDS and hepatitis can infect chimpanzees too. But chimps don't get infected by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which a mosquito can transmit through its bite into human blood. A small DNA difference makes human red blood cells vulnerable to this parasite, while chimp blood cells are resistant.

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/human-origins/understanding-our-past/dna-comparing-humans-and-chimps

Similarity Between Human and Chimpanzee Genetics Revealed

Exploring the genetic similarities between humans and chimpanzees to gain a deeper understanding of our shared evolutionary history and the implications for medical research.

scienceofbiogenetics.com

comrade stalin
moscow

No modern scientist fearing a loss of funding or respect from the deluded public will ask or answer questions that would expose the errors in Dawkin's original bone-headed assumption about human and chimp DNA similarity. But I will ask even though I don't believe any devoted evolutionist cultist will provide an answer, even though there is an answer.

What percentage of total letter sequences in human DNA match identical letter sequences in chimp DNA? Very far from 98%, that's for sure. Maybe 70% could be supported, but not 98%.