Evolution: a different view (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, May 10, 2015, 18:51 (3484 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained


> >David: I have a book, "Not a Chimp", by Jeremy Taylor, Oxford Press, 2009, which describes the DNA of humans and chimps at about 79% (from memory) the same.
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> Tony: Was that counting or discounting the "junk" DNA?-Not mentioned. He admits the base pairs are 98% the same in total, but the gene expression in the brain and elsewhere is that much different. Quickly in the book I found one comment about 86.3% in the brain.