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How Did Evolution Scientists Miss This?

Study Finds Chimp DNA Is Not “99% Identical” to Ours

A shocking new study has confirmed exactly what we’d expect starting with the Bible (and what creation scientists have been saying for decades)—chimpanzee DNA is not 98–99% identical to human DNA. Okay, so that’s not actually shocking to us. It’s expected when you start with the right worldview.

Now, the headline for the paper in Nature is rather bland: “Complete sequencing of ape genomes.” They should have titled it: “Evolutionary Ideas Wrong for Decades, Humans and Chimps Vastly Different,” but they likely don’t want to draw attention to the false narrative they’ve fed the public! In fact, they don’t even clearly acknowledge their evolutionarily unexpected findings in the paper!

What they did in this study was provide complete sequences for six living ape species, including chimpanzees, bonobos, two species of orangutans, gorillas, and siamangs (a gibbon species). And what’s unique about this study, according to Evolution News, is that:

This team of researchers has published “complete” sequences of ape genomes that were created ‘from scratch’ rather than using the human genome as a template. As a result, for the first time we can attempt a much more accurate assessment of the true degree of difference between the human and chimp genomes.

Many of these genomic studies assume common ancestry. . . and then use the results to prove common ancestry. It’s circular reasoning. So what did they find when they did actual observational science, rather than evolutionary storytelling? Well, they found what creation scientists have also been finding in their research: human and chimp DNA is not that similar.

From Evolution News (emphasis original):

At least 12.5 percent and possibly up to 13.3 percent of the chimp and human genomes represent a “gap difference” between the two genomes. That means there’s a “gap” in one genome compared to the other, often where they are so different, they cannot even be aligned.

There are also significant alignable sections of the two genomes that show “short nucleotide variations” which differ by only about 1.5 percent. We can add this difference to the “gap difference,” and calculate a 14 percent to 14.9 percent total difference between human and chimp genomes. This means that the actual difference between human and chimp DNA is 14 times greater than the often-quoted 1 percent statistic.

It’s true that large portions of the human genome are still only about 1.5 percent genetically different from the chimp genome. . . But the new data reveal just how little this one fact tells us about the overall picture.

And, just in case 14.9% doesn’t sound like much to you, consider that represents hundreds of millions of differences and evolutionists only have 6–8 million years in their worldview to account for that vast number of differences.

Dr. Georgia Purdom, a geneticist and our director of research, shared this with me about the new study:

What most people don’t realize is that the oft-quoted 1% difference between human and chimp genomes only represented one type of difference—substitutions in aligned regions (single base differences in areas of high similarity within the genomes). Why only count this type of difference and not the others? Because of the evidence needed to fit the imagined evolutionary timeline of six–eight million years since humans and chimps diverged from a common ancestor. This number of differences was “reasonable” in that time frame. But there were other known differences like gaps, copy number variations, and unaligned regions. If all the differences were counted, however, either the shared ancestor would have to have been a lot older or humans and chimps couldn’t have shared a common ancestor. Both explanations are untenable from an evolutionary worldview, so the evidence is made to “fit” their ideas instead.

This new research is even more problematic for evolutionists because it’s based off “true” ape genomes. Ones that were created, not using the human genome as a template, but rather from scratch. They found large unaligned regions resulting in more than a 12–13% difference when the true chimp genome was compared to the human genome. Add that to the 1–2% difference they counted before, and you end up with a nearly 15% difference! No evolutionary geneticist can account for that many differences in six–eight million years. Even if they could, the differences (really mutations) would not result in an apelike creature evolving into a human since mutations don’t add genetic information, they degrade and damage. The evidence instead confirms the biblical account of creation—that God created the ape kind and humankind separate and unique.

This is a massive blow to the evolutionary worldview as the supposed similarity between chimp and human DNA is touted as one of the strongest “proofs” of evolution—and it’s found to be completely false when you actually do observational science without the evolutionary assumptions! Maybe that’s why Nature didn’t make a big deal about the researchers’ stunning findings.

Once again, observational science confirms the Bible. Chimps and humans aren’t related. The ape kind was created by God as a separate and distinct kind, as were humans. We are not “hairless apes,” chimpanzee “cousins,” or just animals in any other sense. Rather, we are our own unique kind made in the very image of God.

by Ken Ham on May 27, 2025
Featured in Ken Ham Blog

Once again, science proves that the living God, who wrote the Holy Bible, created the heavens and the earth and everything in them.
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jehova · 31-35, M
Okay saying we cannot explain the 15% difference doesnt prove god does or doesnt exist nor does it 100% disprove evolution. Indeed island effect allows for genetic mutations and evolutionary steps very quickly.
Regardless to attribute all of it to God is lazy. Through science we will eventually understand. And evolution\genetic adaptation might be gods design. One doesnt have to exclude the other.
The widely cited 99% figure, doesn't capture the full extent of the differences, especially when considering non-coding DNA and structural variations. The large difference does not tally with evolutionary expectations but it is consistent with us being created separately from the animals. God made the first man from dust (Genesis 2:7) and the first woman from his rib (Genesis 2:22), not from any ape-like creature. And humans, unlike other creatures, were made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26, 27), a special creation. This image was not lost but marred at the Fall, so God made humans with a special purpose now and in eternity.
IPmyPants · 41-45, M
@LadyGrace AMEN!
Seems you misunderstood the paper. The "differences" were mostly transpositions and inversions as shown in this diagram.


NOTE: Their evolutionary inferences are very similar to previous estimates!

Our analyses dated the human–chimpanzee split between 5.5 and 6.3million years ago (Ma; minimum to maximum estimate of divergence), the African ape split at 10.6–10.9Ma and the orangutan split at 18.2–19.6Ma (Fig. 2a)


Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08816-3
Charity · 61-69
Thank you for that. Now I have something to add to my learning and conversations with those who refute the Bible, insisting man evolved from what can be termed primates, particular ones.
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@Charity
man evolved from what can be termed primates

Humans are primates
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Charity
your a sarcasm needs to be smartened.
Get back to me on that when you can form a sentence in English.
Charity · 61-69
@LordShadowfire relate your reply to Google voice typing

I am personally typing this

Your sarcasm needs improvement!
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
This Ken Ham character is misleading you... apparently wilfully and deliberately.

Here's the paper to which he refers:

Yoo, D., Rhie, A., Hebbar, P. et al. Complete sequencing of ape genomes. Nature 641, 401–418 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08816-3

You'll quickly see the misrepresentations and omissions he uses to deceive you.

if you'd like to discuss the details of that, just let me know.
jehova · 31-35, M
While yes many assumption have been proven flawed. No evolution has not been disproved. Indeed look how different fruits are just 12 generations later now seedless is a common place thing. Fully artificail selection but a complete transformation. More than a 15 % variation and that from less than a century. Assuming only natural selection negates any upredictabe events interactions or even extreme weather.
Natural selection\evolution though less irrefutable; cannot be completely denied.
Organisms adapt to survive. The organisms that survive reproduce eventually excluding certain traits from the genepool.
Is that so hard to believe.
emiliya · 22-25, F
I believe that God made the chimpanzees, bonobos, monkeys, orangutans, and gorillas to somewhat resemble the human. We also share ninety percent of our DNA with cats and more than eighty percent with dogs. God made us, and we are all therefore alike.
Again, you don't understand "consilience".

Please look it up.

It's very important for why evolution makes sense.
GerOttman · 61-69, M
@GodSpeed63
Science can't explain God but God can explain science.

Science has several explanations for god, pick one.

God may have originated in the early mind as what we now call schizophrenia.

The god concept may have pharmacological origins.

God may have created all the heavens and earth and science just wants to know as much as possible, how he did it.

I could go on, but you get the drift.

God is a belief, you either believe or you don't. You can't fake it after all.
DocSavage · M
@GodSpeed63
Science can't explain God but God can explain science.

Nonsense. Science can explain everything there is to know about god and gods. You’re talking as if they were actual living entities. As you aware of many gods and religions, which you consider false, it stands to reason the same method which is used to create them, must also apply to your god.
You have no evidence of there being otherwise.
Personally, I like Odin . He’s into recycling.
IPmyPants · 41-45, M
@SomeMichGuy Look up this, then explain that! Then Explain that! Repeat, Repeat, Repeat! Etc., Ect. Ect.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God CREATED the Heavens and the Earth.
Now LOOK UP TO GOD AND GTVE THANKS! 🙏
Richard65 · M
God didn't write the Bible.
I actually laughed out loud when I read that sentence.
DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
Once again, science proves that the living God, who wrote the Holy Bible, created the heavens and the earth and everything in them




Amen
prayer to the glory of God.
Dayman343 · M
@DanielsASJ So you don't remember writing, 'Once again, science proves that the living God, who wrote the Holy Bible'?
DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
@Dayman343 "God breathed words"
Dayman343 · M
@DanielsASJ You just sound like you don't really know what you are talking about, just throwing out vague words
EarthGirl · 18-21, F
Okay, I got your number now. The 'Answers in Genesis' organization of which Ken Ham is a part was formed to combat actual science with pseudo-science. They excuse this admitted deception in the name of Jesus. It's a 'liars for Christ' club centered in Kentucky.
EarthGirl · 18-21, F
@GodSpeed63 Your one evolution scientist was conscripted from those fed Bible nonsense from an early age. She is not respected by others in her field. Lying for Christ isn't an objective approach.
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GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@DocSavage
How can there be evolution scientist if evolution isn’t a science?

Science itself points to God but some scientists would rather have it point to evolution to fit their agenda, screwed up as it is.
Elessar · 26-30, M
Weren't you blocked? How did this s..tuff leak into my feed?
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Elessar I wish there was a category to report outright lies.
hunkalove · 70-79, M
That's a little too long for a crapola bottom feeder website like this. I like monkeys. They're funny!
Once again, your own source does NOT agree with your own conclusions...

As you do this backwards, you look for sources that meet your conclusions and not using actual factual data.

But let's be honest, at this point, you have no chance of learning anything new
IPmyPants · 41-45, M
@sstronaut I am NOT in a COMA, therefore I learn something new everyday!
WHY would you want to do something SDROWKCAB? ➡ (Sure you can figure this out!)
Bible is my TRUE SOURCE.!
@IPmyPants Congratulations 🎉 so either this is your alt account or your butting into others conversation...

And no one said anyone was in a coma, but sure make more things up...
If we evolved from monkeys. Why we still got monkeys?

The human eye has not witnessed a single instance of evolution…
DocSavage · M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout
Why do you think the have to update flu vaccines every year chowder head ?
OriginalDumbMan · 36-40
@DocSavage your smart replies are good for someone who hasn’t seen god and know the truth. Believe me god is there, hell is true, heaven is true and even more things not mentioned in history books.
Dayman343 · M
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IPmyPants · 41-45, M
Evolution Scientist have been trying to find the "Missing Link" between Ape and Man.
This so-called Missing Link hasn't been found because it DOES NOT EXCIST!
IPmyPants · 41-45, M
@DocSavage RETURN TO SENDER!
No Missing Link Exist!
DocSavage · M
@IPmyPants
Did it ever occur to you, it’s us ?
We haven’t seen the end game yet.
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@IPmyPants
Instead, here's what happened the last time I asked you

Amen, brother, amen!
DocSavage · M
Once again we hear from our resident skeptic.
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@ProphetOfFarblesnozz
Where is YOUR evidence of your claim for the nonexistence of Farblesnozz!?

No answer? You're backing up the wrong god there, son.
ProphetOfFarblesnozz · 56-60, M
@GodSpeed63 YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT YOUR CLAIM! Your blasphemous insults have been heard by Farblesnozz, and he will punish you in the dirt mines of Schmickleton!
DocSavage · M
@GodSpeed63
So you admit, there other gods, and they are not real ?
You just backed up my claim. Science knows about hundreds of gods and knows that they are fake, just like yours. You lose !
GerOttman · 61-69, M
so you're quoting science to prove science wrong...?
ken Ham
trying to prove all of nature is only 5999 years old
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@SatyrService While looking like this:
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Scientists can be bought just like doctors and politicians.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@MrBrownstone But for what purpose? What possible purpose could there be in paying people to say evolution is real?
CorvusBlackthorne · 100+, M
@LordShadowfire To control the masses.
CorvusBlackthorne · 100+, M
How fascinating. The ape appears to be able to copy and paste articles written by Ken Ham. But does it have true sapience?
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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@GodSpeed63 Go look in the mirror. You yourself have been created by George the Galactic Troll, and that's your proof.
CorvusBlackthorne · 100+, M
@GodSpeed63
Go look in the mirror, you, yourselves have been created by Him. Also, the fact that you have failed to show any evidence that He doesn't live is evidence that He does live.
I see. So it is your claim that your God created a species of raven people on a planet on the other side of the galaxy, out of the ashes of a global thermonuclear war?
DocSavage · M
@GodSpeed63
Won't wash.
Works from everyone else.
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GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@DocSavage
Says who ?

My God that you claim doesn't live.
DocSavage · M
@GodSpeed63
As a matter of fact I have plenty. You just can’t refute it.
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NinaTina · 26-30, F

 
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