Author: Casey Luskin
What’s the Best Explanation for Human-Chimp Genetic Differences?
We have broken a major story about a recently published study showing that the human and chimp genomes are 14.0 percent to 14.9 percent different.
Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent Functional DNA
I contacted the corresponding authors of the original study and they kindly offered their interpretation of the differences between the human and chimp genomes.
Fact Check: New “Complete” Chimp Genome Shows 14.9 Percent Difference from Human Genome
I suspect that this radical finding has implications — for human exceptionalism and more — that people will be discussing for a long time.
Bombshell: New Research Overturns Claim that Humans and Chimps Differ by Only 1 Percent of DNA
This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery.
Fact Check: Did Scientists Really Detect Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b?
The molecule is dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), and on Earth its sole known source is life (specifically, marine phytoplankton algae).