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Originally Posted by JohnyCrash
Do you have a dog? Look at him, he is descended from wolfs like we are descended from monkeys. We share 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees.
These are facts, while we don't understand everything about evolution we do know that its happening.
Facts? ROFL.
That 98% figure was debunked years ago.
'An article in Science puts the actual figure at 94%. (Jon Cohen, "Relative Differences: The Myth of 1%, June 29, 2007). But even these figures are only measuring about 2% of our total genetic makeup - that is, those genes that code for proteins, the building blocks of our physical bodies and functions.
The vast majority of our DNA, known as "non-coding DNA" - sometimes called "junk DNA" because it was once thought not to have function - is very different in humans from most non-coding genes found in chimps and other apes. However, recent research has found that, contrary to previous belief, this repetitive DNA isn’t "junk" after all, but has distinct purposes.'
Besides, we share ~70% DNA with a friggen slug.
Wheeee!!!