01Jan 2026 by Post

Happy New Year! No. 1 Story for 2025: Bombshell Overturns Myth of 1 Percent Difference

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This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Source
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21May 2025 by Post

Fact Check: New “Complete” Chimp Genome Shows 14.9 Percent Difference from Human Genome

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I suspect that this radical finding has implications — for human exceptionalism and more — that people will be discussing for a long time. Source
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20May 2025 by Post

Bombshell: New Research Overturns Claim that Humans and Chimps Differ by Only 1 Percent of DNA

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This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Source
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