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No, it's like comparing editions of basically the same book ("Hominid"), with some paragraphs using slightly different wording, a phrase added or removed here a
by nine_k 2y ago
No, it's like comparing editions of basically the same book ("Hominid"), with some paragraphs using slightly different wording, a phrase added or removed here and there, old typos fixed, new typos added, etc. It's still largely the same book, but the tone is different in some key places, and the finale leaves a very different impression as a result.
- otabdeveloper4 2y agoHomo sapiens is wildly different from apes physiologically. (Apes look more anthropomorphic in our perception than dogs or cats, but this means nothing. Humans find two dots and a circular arc to be anthropomorphic too.)
- lumpa 2y agoHomo sapiens are apes and are also virtually identical in physiology compared to other apes if the external comparison group is dogs or cats.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> still largely the same book What is your metric? The point is our measures of genetic “distance” aren’t precise enough to make statements like OP’s. At least half of it is eukaryotic operating code, and much of the remaining is “junk” DNA we’re only beginning to understand
- kjkjadksj 2y agoAnd more specifically they are comparing human one who has two copies of chapter x to human 2 who has a new chapter y and the chimpanzee who also has a chapter y, and saying aha look how different males are.