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:: I'll ask a different question: Is the claim of 99% DNA similarity correct? I can't find a statement on the Internet saying what it is, but what I can find is that (a) chimpanzee/human DNA similarity claims vary between about 98.8% and 95%, and (b) chimpanzees are supposed to be ''closer'' to humans than gorillas. This suggests that the 99% claim for gorillas is incorrect. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 04:53, 27 March 2008 (EDT)
:: I'll ask a different question: Is the claim of 99% DNA similarity correct? I can't find a statement on the Internet saying what it is, but what I can find is that (a) chimpanzee/human DNA similarity claims vary between about 98.8% and 95%, and (b) chimpanzees are supposed to be ''closer'' to humans than gorillas. This suggests that the 99% claim for gorillas is incorrect. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 04:53, 27 March 2008 (EDT)
:::Good point - I think it's actually about 97% (though it depends exactly how you measure it). So I'll correct it (once I have checked). But whether it's 99, 97 or 33% doesn't alter the illogicality of the argument! [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] 06:22, 27 March 2008 (EDT)
:::Good point - I think it's actually about 97% (though it depends exactly how you measure it). So I'll correct it (once I have checked). But whether it's 99, 97 or 33% doesn't alter the illogicality of the argument! [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] 06:22, 27 March 2008 (EDT)
:::What [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] said - I think it will be around 99-97 for gorilla-human (they are very close to humans and chimps) but there is point at which you can say aha! that's too different, they couldn't have ever shared a common ancestor --[[User:Igor nz|Igor nz]] 18:35, 27 March 2008 (EDT)