Tag: 1 percent myth (series)
Letter to the Smithsonian
Unfortunately, the 1 percent myth is promulgated as fact at, among other places, the nation’s own Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Method of Analysis Confirms Human-Chimp Genomes Are About 15 Percent Different
This number is only looking at the non-sex chromosomes. When you look at the sex chromosomes, the differences seem to be even greater.
Immaterial Genome Meets the Human-Chimp “1 Percent” Myth
Obviously, humans and chimps are a whole lot more “different” than 1 percent. But…they’re also a lot more different than 14.9 percent.
Breaking: New Study Shatters the 1 Percent Human-Chimp Difference Myth
The 1 percent statistic has become so widely cited and accepted that it could be considered an “icon of evolution.”
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.