> I know it's over-simplifying for the lay-person, but 6-7% is the high end of what people claim is the genetic difference between us and chimpanzees, and we ca

> I know it's over-simplifying for the lay-person, but 6-7% is the high end of what people claim is the genetic difference between us and chimpanzees, and we can't even reproduce with chimpanzees Those percentages aren't measuring the same thing. Chimp to human is a total genome comparison. Human to Hominid ancestor X is based on identified humane genes. The latter is a tiny subset of the former.