The Hard Quiz included this question:

How much DNA do humans share with monkeys?

The options were 64%, 84%, 93%, 99%.

(Humans are more closely related to Old World monkeys (most recent common ancestor ~25 mya) than New World monkeys (mrca ~40 mya), so I suppose they meant the Old World monkeys. But this is by the by.)

OCDC, roughbarked and I objected to this.

I can’t speak for them but my objection was that, taken literally, the amount of shared DNA between humans and monkeys is less than 3%.

The question should probably have been worded: How genetically similar are humans and monkeys? What percentage of protein-coding genes are shared between humans and monkeys.
Protein-coding genes only make up a small percentage of DNA.

Science communicators often misrepresent these concepts.

how do they arrive at each of those 64%, 84%, 93%, 99%, 3% figures

dv said:

The Hard Quiz included this question:

How much DNA do humans share with monkeys?

The options were 64%, 84%, 93%, 99%.

(Humans are more closely related to Old World monkeys (most recent common ancestor ~25 mya) than New World monkeys (mrca ~40 mya), so I suppose they meant the Old World monkeys. But this is by the by.)

OCDC, roughbarked and I objected to this.

I can’t speak for them but my objection was that, taken literally, the amount of shared DNA between humans and monkeys is less than 3%.

The question should probably have been worded: How genetically similar are humans and monkeys? What percentage of protein-coding genes are shared between humans and monkeys.
Protein-coding genes only make up a small percentage of DNA.

Science communicators often misrepresent these concepts.

It appears that: The ABC research tem let Tom Gleeson down.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

The Hard Quiz included this question:

How much DNA do humans share with monkeys?

The options were 64%, 84%, 93%, 99%.

(Humans are more closely related to Old World monkeys (most recent common ancestor ~25 mya) than New World monkeys (mrca ~40 mya), so I suppose they meant the Old World monkeys. But this is by the by.)

OCDC, roughbarked and I objected to this.

I can’t speak for them but my objection was that, taken literally, the amount of shared DNA between humans and monkeys is less than 3%.

The question should probably have been worded: How genetically similar are humans and monkeys? What percentage of protein-coding genes are shared between humans and monkeys.
Protein-coding genes only make up a small percentage of DNA.

Science communicators often misrepresent these concepts.

It appears that: The ABC research tem let Tom Gleeson down.

… and dv omitted an objector from his list.

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

The Hard Quiz included this question:

How much DNA do humans share with monkeys?

The options were 64%, 84%, 93%, 99%.

(Humans are more closely related to Old World monkeys (most recent common ancestor ~25 mya) than New World monkeys (mrca ~40 mya), so I suppose they meant the Old World monkeys. But this is by the by.)

OCDC, roughbarked and I objected to this.

I can’t speak for them but my objection was that, taken literally, the amount of shared DNA between humans and monkeys is less than 3%.

The question should probably have been worded: How genetically similar are humans and monkeys? What percentage of protein-coding genes are shared between humans and monkeys.
Protein-coding genes only make up a small percentage of DNA.

Science communicators often misrepresent these concepts.

It appears that: The ABC research tem let Tom Gleeson down.

… and dv omitted an objector from his list.

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