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The differences between apes and humans is much larger than between humans, by at least an order of magnitude.
by stephc_int13 6y ago
The differences between apes and humans is much larger than between humans, by at least an order of magnitude.
- KMag 6y agoBut that's not a sufficient counter-argument that the GGP post's reasoning is sound. Even single base pair mutations can have huge impacts. A surprising percentage of the human genome is retroviral in origin. As far as I know, "Genetic clock" analysis is the only sound application of counting base pair differences. I don't think the GP is arguing one way or the other. They seem to be mostly questioning how wide the error bars should be on these statements. It looks like a Socratic twist on "citation needed" without an implication that statements are necessarily wrong.