We share between 95 and 98 percent of DNA with them. Like us, they use tools to achieve their goals, laugh with one another and form social groups.
NOEL KIRKPATRICK: ‘Chimpanzees are our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, genetically speaking. We share between 95 and 98 percent of DNA with them. Like us, they use tools to achieve their goals, laugh with one another and form social groups. Even though we’ve been studying them for decades, we’re constantly learning new things about them, much in the same way we learn new things about ourselves. Here are several things we’ve recently learned about chimpanzees that reinforce just how similar we are’. SOURCE…
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