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> According to my memory, and now looked it up: Chimps and bonobos in particular take pride of place as our nearest living relatives, sharing approximately 99 p
by grondilu 9y ago
> According to my memory, and now looked it up: Chimps and bonobos in particular take pride of place as our nearest living relatives, sharing approximately 99 percent of our DNA, with gorillas trailing at 98 percent.
I thought of that as well while reading about the 7% they mention, but then I assumed they were talking about 7% of the genes that are specific to human kind.
- vkou 9y agoIndeed. If 7% of your genome were replaced with something else, it would be incredibly unlikely that you would still be alive.
- grondilu 9y agoThough now that I think about it, if 7% of the human-specific genome was changed, then it must mean that 7% of the rest was changed too. I mean it's not like cosmic particles specifically target human genes, is it?