mark francis
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2021
- Messages
- 26,966
One problem with the promoted 99% similarity number is that it ignores major differences between the two species that cannot be measured. The best way to form sound opinions on matters is to examine the arguments on both sides and evaluate them for irreprovable logic. Is human DNA similar to chimp, to mice, to watermelon, to cats and every other plant and animal on earth? Yes, so similarity cannot just be assumed to means humans are blood-related to every other living thing on earth, especially plants that do not have blood and cannot interbreed with animals.got that? 99% but you still refuse to agree with the people you quoted. You're barking mad.
Again,. There it is.
Well well well.
Do yOu ever read what you post? You have just confirmed everything I've said. Are you off your meds or something?
Human and Chimp DNA: Is It Really 98% Similar? | Genesis Apologetics
HUMAN AND CHIMP DNA: IS IT REALLY 98% SIMILAR?https://genesisapologetics.com/faqs/human-and-chimp-dna-is-it-really-98-similar/#_edn1
One of the great trophies that evolutionists parade to prove human evolution from some common ape ancestor is the assertion that human and chimp DNA are 98 to 99% similar.[ii] People quote this statistic in hundreds of textbooks, blogs, videos, and even scientific journals. Yet any high school student can debunk the “Human and Chimp DNA is 98% similar” mantra that this chapter covers.
We should evaluate the major evidences that exposes the 98% myth and supports the current conclusion that the actual similarity is 84.4%, or a difference of 15%, which translates to over 360 million base pairs’ difference.[vi] That is an enormous difference that produces an unbridgeable chasm between humans and chimpanzees. The chimp genome is much longer than the human genome. Humans have forty-six chromosomes, while chimps have forty-eight. According to the latest data, there are 3,096,649,726 base pairs in the human genome and 3,309,577,922 base pairs in the chimpanzee genome. This amounts to a 6.4% difference.[vii] The 98% similarity claim fails on this basis alone.