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human and chimp DNA is 98.8 percent the same
I don't know the exact number, but, come on! Look at those guys! They are basically hairy humans with a slightly less complex system of communication.
Yep but the point is the 1.2% represent millions of gene pairs and the ones we share are not always present or expressed in the same way. So just sharing genes doesn't necessarily mean were the same or they do the same thing.
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/human-origins/understanding-our-past/dna-comparing-humans-and-chimps
Yeah chimps are one of our very few (very very) distant cousins left. But i think they rip more faces off than us
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/theyll-rip-your-face-off-how-humans-inherited-warlike-aggression-from-chimpanzees/news-story/1bf74adbd1cf2c9b072577a2abd80253