Joe Rogan Is Wrong About Evolution and Chimpanzees

Reevaluating Genome Similarity: The articles challenge the widely accepted claim of a 98% genetic similarity between humans and chimpanzees, suggesting that this estimate is inflated due to selective data omission influenced by evolutionary beliefs.

Selective Data Omission: They reveal that high DNA sequence similarity estimates often result from the omission of dissimilar data, non-alignable regions, and gaps in sequence alignments, highlighting potential biases in comparative genetics research.

Origins of the 99% Myth: The articles trace the origins of the 99% similarity claim back to early studies involving reassociation kinetics, which primarily focused on single-copy DNA fractions, omitting many genes and overlooking non-coding regions’ functionality.

Genomics Research Insights: Subsequent genomics research, while reinforcing the high similarity paradigm, is scrutinized for potentially ignoring data omission and selective analyses, leading to questions about the true genetic relationship between humans and chimps.

Revised DNA Similarity: The analysis in the articles proposes that the actual genetic similarity between humans and chimpanzees may be lower than the commonly cited 98%, with estimates ranging from around 87% to as low as 81% when considering omitted data.

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