0 Question: Are monkeys really as similar to humans as made out to be? Keywords: human, kinship, monkey, relatedness Asked by laura29 to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 11 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by amy821, shannon002, shabeeb21, natalie023, charlottefi, alicegd.
Kevin Mahon answered on 11 Jun 2012:
Yes they are! Chimpanzee’s specifically.This is because we share a common ancestor that is about 8,000,000 years old. Our DNA is around 98-98% the same! They are our closest living relatives.
Louise de Raad answered on 13 Jun 2012:
And when you study monkeys or apes, you can really see a lot of similaraties too!
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