How Humans Are Almost Identical to Chimps, According to DNA

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Published 2021-07-07

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@Sorcerers_Apprentice 3 years ago

Tiny changes can make a big difference: Let's eat grandma vs. Let's eat, grandma
@Arikki1 3 years ago

"They are our closest living relatives." Well I have living family, thanks. But I think they're apes too.
@yeeturmcbeetur8197 3 years ago

“First draft chimp genome” sounds like a sick band name.
@glenngriffon8032 3 years ago

never underestimate what tiny differences affect on the larger scale. I mean if you take two completely identical vehicles but in one you remove the spark plugs, they're nearly identical but one will start and other won't.
@XenoTravis 3 years ago

I had psychosis before. I learned how fast you can just go primal and behave from pure instinct. I hate to say it was a good learning experience because it was absolutely terrifying.
@zarblitz 2 years ago

I love this channel because you never shy away from simply saying, "nobody really knows." I think sometimes "science" is presented as all-knowing, but it's not, and that's the point. It's the pursuit of knowledge that illuminates the unknown.
@amiebrooks1458 3 years ago

Awkward Bipedal is the way I'm going to explain my clumsiness from now on
@ezrasteinberg2016 3 years ago

As a long time technical writer over time at IBM, Intel, and Google I applaud the switch from ALL CAPS (ugh) to sentence case (lower case letters with initial capitals) which research has shown is much easier to read. And it is! Plus, Hank just keeps getting better and better at presenting and the scripts are top notch. Best science channel in the business (which is no mean feat given the quality of the competition). Bravo, signori! :-)
@melody3741 3 years ago

It’s like scishow read my mind, figured out every single thing that I have been wondering about how genes work, and put it all in a video specifically formulated for me. Every single thing in this video is incredibly informative and absolutely mind blowing.
@victoriabarclay3556 3 years ago

Wow. That 11 minutes has 30 minutes of info. What a mouthful. Good on you for a great delivery!
@topher_69eze34 3 years ago

I've heard Neil Degrasse Tyson talk on this year's ago, something about that little DNA difference makes a huge overall distinction, also comparing it to say a hypothetical alien more smarter and advanced than us. It was really fun to hear him talk on this
@TheoWerewolf 2 years ago

There's one rather hugs difference: chimps have 48 chromosomes and we have 46, suggesting that two pairs of chromosome fused in humans or that a lot of interegene material in u7mans was lost. That means expression will be different even if the actual set of genes are similar.
@theursulus 3 years ago

The question that has been in the back of my mind for years is this, 'is our brain complex enough to understand itself' and I suspect it isn't..
@Joe_Potts 3 years ago

While we're semi-debunking DNA percent facts, how accurate is the "We share 50% of our DNA with bananas" thing?
@FalconFire13 3 years ago

Epigenetics is definitely the future of the field. This is just another example of significant it is to our understanding of ourselves. I can't wait to learn more on this in the upcoming decades.
@gusvanskike4889 3 years ago

I think a lot of people glossed over the fact that we can literally GROW BRAINS IN A DISH now!
@jojov2000 2 years ago

As a molecular biologist I am amazed by this guy's ability to explain complex systems in terms so understandable that anyone (at least so I assume) can get some level of understanding from it.
@jimwarbler2362 3 years ago

Haven’t been this early since hank was the hulk
@Weeeeessel 3 years ago

The new graphical style is really nice! Modernized and more playful while retaining the "SciShow" look and feel, great work.
@SegmentW 3 years ago

These are my favorite Scishow videos by far. I love how passionate Hank speaks about this topic. Love the script writers! Great editing, new intro is very easy on the eyes