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ElwoodBlues · M
Humans are animals.
While the genetic difference between individual humans today is minuscule – about 0.1%, on average – study of the same aspects of the chimpanzee genome indicates a difference of about 1.2%. The bonobo (Pan paniscus), which is the close cousin of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), differs from humans to the same degree. The DNA difference with gorillas, another of the African apes, is about 1.6%. Most importantly, chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans all show this same amount of difference from gorillas. A difference of 3.1% distinguishes us and the African apes from the Asian great ape, the orangutan. How do the monkeys stack up? All of the great apes and humans differ from rhesus monkeys, for example, by about 7% in their DNA.
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics
Victorian · 56-60, F
@ElwoodBlues Humans don't shed dander
ElwoodBlues · M
@Victorian If that is true then please explain the difference between 'dandruff' and 'dander.'
What about the other hairless mammals? Do elephants, hippos, or pigs shed dander? If not, are they not animals??
What about the other hairless mammals? Do elephants, hippos, or pigs shed dander? If not, are they not animals??
Tennessean · 31-35, F
@Victorian yes they do, dogs and cats can be allergic to human dander
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