S&W-Fact#4

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98 percent of your DNA is commonly shared with chimpanzees.  

Scientists sequenced the genome of chimpanzees and found that humans are 98 percent similar to them. There were several sequences of genetic code that differ between humans and chimps, which would likely explain human-specific traits such as speech. But we really do have a lot of striking similarities with the great ape species. The number of genetic differences between humans and chimps is ten times smaller than the differences between mice and rats. Maybe Darwin was on to something...  

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