Astonishing Quote by Elaine Morgan

If we start with chimpanzees, they differ from us with the composition of the DNA by only just over one percent. So, as far…

— Jane Goodall

In fact, humans have less variation genetically than chimpanzees.

— Alice Roberts

If one compares the sequence of amino acids that go to form the protein haemoglobin, it becomes apparent that humans and chimps are identical…

— Simon Conway Morris

We now know that the structure of the DNA in humans and chimpanzees differs by only just over one percent. You could even have…

— Jane Goodall

“human beings are actually more closely related to the two species of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes, the familiar chimp, and Pan paniscus, the rare, smaller…

— Daniel C. Dennett

Chimpanzees are an evolutionary hair's-width from us.... Now imagine a species on Earth, or anywhere else, as smart compared with humans as humans are…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

We have the same genetic code for all living creatures. We have a large number of genes that are manifestly the same, but with…

— Richard Dawkins

Chimps are unbelievably like us - in biological, non-verbal ways. They can be loving and compassionate and yet they have a dark side... 98…

— Jane Goodall

“In our own genetic profile, believe it or not, scientific evidence indicates that we humans share 99.4% of our total DNA sequences with the chimpanzee.”

— Jill Bolte Taylor

It is not only visitors to the zoo who are fascinated but uneasy in the presence of chimpanzees; the same is true of scientists.…

— Frans de Waal

As our closest relatives, they (chimpanzees) tell us special things about what it means to be a primate and, ultimately, what it means to…

— Francis Collins

By comparing the human and chimp genomes, we can see the process of evolution clearly in the changes (in DNA) since we diverged from…

— Bob Waterston