Va-jaya fact for thought- attracting the opposite sex

[Mtnjim]

@tisha23

Actually if you want to get technical Humans are mammals from the primate group. As mammals we are warm blooded, give birth to children and produce milk. We share the same very close to the same chemical dna as other primates like monkeys and apes.

Genetically we are 99.9% chimp.

[Xiphoid]

@Mtnjim

Genetically we are 99.9% chimp.

Close, but not quite that high

“It is widely held that ‘The common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) is our closest relative. Its genome sequence is about 98.8% identical to our own, and we shared a common ancestor some six million years ago.’1 In a recent article,7 David A. DeWitt cited a study which found that the two species are only 95% identical when insertions and deletions are considered,8 showing that the estimate of divergence depends mainly on what type of DNA is being compared.”

1. Cyranoski, D., Almost human …, Nature 418(6901):910–912, 2002.

2. DeWitt, D.A., >98% Chimp/Human DNA similarity? Not any more (Greater Than 98% Chimp/Human DNA Similarity? Not Any More. | Answers in Genesis), TJ 17(1):8–10, 2003.

3. Britten, R.J., Divergence between samples of chimpanzee and human DNA sequences is 5%, counting indels, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 99(21):13633–13635, 2002.