GENETIC SIMILARITY - (an egg in the face of racists/sexists and... an argument for animal rights?)

GENETIC SIMILARITY:

Everyone’s DNA sequence is amazingly similar. The numbers below indicate in percentage terms exactly how similar.
Human DNA is also very like that of chimpanzees, our closest animal relatives.


* Indentical twins 100%

* Two brothers or sisters 99.95%

* Any two unrelated humans 99.9%

* Any human and a chimpanzee 99%



Sources: DK’s e.encyclopedia of science
http://www.science.dke-encyc.com/search.asp?keyword=genetics&searchImage.x=8&searchImage.y=8