What happens when your tired of seeing them and you cannot go back to the coast region. There is a solution. You can go and visit your other close relatives.
You may have heard of them, possible seen them on television but am sure not many of us have gotten to see these relatives up close. They are great for entertainment and a a delicacy in some regions of the Congo forest. If by now you haven't the slightest idea who am talking about?!......its the Chimpanzees.
In terms of evolution, they are our closest relatives.
Let me say that I am not concerned with all the boring archaeological evidence. I don't care about dinosaurs (although am happy that they are providing us with petrol and fossil fuels) I don't care that both chimpanzees and ourselves have opposable thumbs (the chimps have opposable big toes so they are better at climbing trees than us...obviously) I don't care that birth control pills work on both of our species. We may even share certain behavioral similarities (chimps are extremely bright. The ones in the photos can by pass the electric fence by using logs of wood to open the fence)
That's all good, but the major thing that makes us our closest relatives is far inside and smaller than the eyes can see. It is our DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) We share 98% OF OUR DNA SEQUENCE SIMILARITIES with chimps. 98% of our DNA is the same as thinking that the chimp had 98% chance of becoming a human....of becoming YOU!!
So next time your on holiday, take a trip to Ol Pejata Chimpanzee Sanctuary, the only place that you can see Chimps in Kenya, and take a look at these magnificent relatives of ours. You will be surprised.
But isn't it fascinating to see how big this 2% difference is?
ReplyDeleteYes it is. I dont want to leak anything but i will be talking about the human genome on my next post.Cant explain more than that
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