Chimp or Gorilla

Sonnenblumen

According to new research, scientists have discovered that human genes are more closely similar to those of the gorilla than the chimpanzee. WOW

So now no more acting the chimp, be a gorilla

biko

What research? Y U no linky?

chin_grin

Is there a source for this tidbit of information that has me aghast and agape with pure joy? (-_-)

Otacon

Do I still get to throw my feces?

44leto

Bollox really, remember we 98% of our DNA with a rat.

But real men are closer to rats then gorillas.

Just think a person with Downs Syndrome has a slight difference of DNA then the "normal population" and you can see the difference that makes.

Duggy747

Well, I do have a friend who we call Magilla Gorilla because he's so damn hairy.

I guess now it counts as a compliment :pac:

Chuck Stone

That's bananas.

CardBordWindow

Can you (silver)back up that info?

FatherLen

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Can you (silver)back up that info?

get out!

WindSock

Link? I thought we were closer to chimps than chimps were to gorillas.

blaze1

Redman always said

"if you gonna be a monkey, be a mutha funkin gorrila"

He was right

FatherLen

i think this might be what op was talking about

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-07/humans-and-gorillas-closer-than-thought-study-of-great-ape-genome-finds

44leto

WindSock wrote: »

Link? I thought we were closer to chimps than chimps were to gorillas.

Well us and chimps evolved from the same ape but we don't know what that ape was. That is the current thought in a science that keeps changing, perhaps if we see the link gorillas also branched from that same ape.

If you got all the human ancestral fossils in museums all over the world, that wouldn't even fill a pick up truck. Human ancestral or ascendancy fossils are rare, the ones they have are studied to every bare milimetre of them.

So the whole science can change with the unearthing and study of a newly found fossil.

Its a fascinating study, a pet interest of mine.

Nothingbetter2d

no wonder people love gorilla warfare :P

Loomis

This will confuse creationists.

44leto

FatherLen wrote: »

i think this might be what op was talking about

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-07/humans-and-gorillas-closer-than-thought-study-of-great-ape-genome-finds

Its confusing alright but we are still closer to Chimps

In 30 percent of the genome, the study determined that gorillas are closer to humans and chimpanzees than the latter two are to each other. It’s a finding that may help scientists track changes in how the species have responded over time to shared genetic characteristics, including diseases, the researchers said.

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Humans overall are still closer to chimpanzees in 70 percent of the genome, said study author Aylwyn Scally, a postdoctoral fellow at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

It just means or confirms Gorillas are also a distant relative but not as distant as once thought.

BluesBerry

I'd prefer to be related to the funky gibbon than the gorilla !

im invisible

BluesBerry wrote: »

I'd prefer to be related to the funky gibbon than the gorilla !

or the fu*kin bonobo

WindSock

im invisible wrote: »

or the fu*kin bonobo

We are more closely related to the slutty Bonobos than Gorilla's, still.

Dudess

Tough call - chimps are cuter but gorillas are furry and cuddly.

CardBordWindow

FatherLen wrote: »

get out!

I'm leaving.



I was only swinging by anyways.

biko

But what about this photographic evidence?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6psDUbKihc

pandaboy

It's pretty easy to understand. Aliens came down and had sex with the apes and then genetically modified the results and hey presto Adam and Eve are having the sesh in the garden of eden. I saw it on the History Channel.

Bonobos are the cutest of the bunch, they're not known to attack each other unlike chimps.

44leto

pandaboy wrote: »

It's pretty easy to understand. Aliens came down and had sex with the apes and then genetically modified the results and hey presto Adam and Eve are having the sesh in the garden of eden. I saw it on the History Channel.

Bonobos are the cutest of the bunch, they're not known to attack each other unlike chimps.

Aliens?? our genomes would be to far apart, you wouldn't even get a hybrid with even a lot of manipulation.

But you would have a good time;)

the culture of deference

BluesBerry wrote: »

I'd prefer to be related to the funky gibbon than the gorilla !

Its new then old world monkeys, gibbons, orang utan, then gorilla, then chimp,

steddyeddy

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

According to new research, scientists have discovered that human genes are more closely similar to those of the gorilla than the chimpanzee. WOW

So now no more acting the chimp, be a gorilla

Link and peer reviewed paper please! Was it based on genetic or molecular studies?

giant_midget

Guys, take a walk around Balbriggan on dole day and you will see some examples of these people..

Andy!!

44leto wrote: »

Just think a person with Downs Syndrome has a slight difference of DNA then the "normal population" and you can see the difference that makes.

It's an extra chromosome genius.

ScumLord

The important question is how does information change into something completely new on it's journey down the optic nerve.

Jordan 199

From Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z, no you'll never make a monkey out of me...

Capt'n Midnight

Dudess wrote: »

Tough call - chimps are cuter but gorillas are furry and cuddly.

Bonobos are cute,

adult chimps are evil

gorillas are sound

Have they sequenced the DNA of bonobos yet to find out the difference between them and chimps ?

Mickeroo

Gorillas are mellow, relaxed and fairly happy animals which are rarely aggressive and even when they are its displays of aggrassion rather than actually attacking anything, chimps are as homicidal(chimpicidal?) as we are and kill for fun, bonobos deal with anxiety by indiscriminately having sex with the nearest bonobo to them.

Which would you rather be? :pac:

the culture of deference

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Bonobos are cute,

adult chimps are evil

gorillas are sound

Have they sequenced the DNA of bonobos yet to find out the difference between them and chimps ?

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/270

http://news.softpedia.com/news/DNA-Shows-There-Are-Three-Distinct-Chimpanzee-Races-52818.shtml