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We share 96% of
TRUE or
FALSE?
our DNA with chimps

There’s monkey business going

on at the gene pool. All living
organisms come from the same

family tree and that’s why
everything uses DNA to store its Mouse: 75%
genetic instructions. Chimpanzees

are our closest relatives,
with almost identical genes.

BACK TO THE START This primate is closest
to humans because
it shares 96% of
the same DNA.
Chimpanzee: 96%

Genetic testing companies
can examine your DNA
to trace your ancestors,
creating personalized
Each body cell contains long molecular family trees. A much more
mind-boggling family tree
strands of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) comes from going back
in a double-helix formation. Our DNA in time to find common
holds the instructions for building and ancestors with humans.
operating a living human being. These All kinds of living things
instructions are written in code using share surprisingly large
combinations of four “letters.” sequences of DNA
with us, as shown here.

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