Below is PROOF that the entire genomes of chimps and humans were NOT compared as previously and falsely claimed. Only 88% of the chimp genome and 75% of the human genome was compared - and the rest of the two genomes did not align properly and were NOT comparable a.k.a 'dissimilar', 'different':
We must define the word "complete". To me, "complete" means comparing the "compete" human genome with the "complete" chimp genome. This was not done.
Nature (2005): Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome
"Here we present a draft genome sequence of the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Through comparison with the human genome, we have generated a LARGELY COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF GENETIC DIFFERENCES that have accumulated since the human and chimpanzee species diverged from our common ancestor..."
Note: A COMPLETE catalogue of ALL differences? This is a lie. The comparison was done AFTER they removed significant differences between the two genomes - differences so significant that they could not be aligned side-by-side in the first place or where there was too much 'overlap'. This, in turn, guarantees a high degree of similarity - this is misleading at best and dishonest at worst.
"Thus, by
restricting our analysis to high-quality bases, the nucleotide-level accuracy of the WGS assembly is essentially equal to that of ‘finished’ sequence."
"“
Best reciprocal nucleotide-level alignments of the chimpanzee and human genomes cover ~2.4 gigabases (Gb) of high-quality sequence”
"The combined alignments were chained and
only best reciprocal alignments were retained for further analysis."
Note: they admit only using 'best-fit' sections of DNA for their analysis - aka cherry-picking the data to get the 'best' result, thus artificially increasing similarity between the two DNA sections. This, in turn, artificially increases overall similarity between chimps and humans.
Here is a brief explanation the article gives on how the chimp and human DNA sequences were 'screened' PRIOR to comparison (ref: Found under 'Supplemental Notes' of article):
"All alignments in the >90% and >60% categories were examined if the chimp scaffold spanned more than 1.5 times its counterpart in the human genome. When the offending supercontig only subsumed other supercontigs less than 1.5 kb, they were retained. For those that would completely overlap large contigs, the alignments were manually reviewed to determine if the alignment should be broken.
At this point scaffolds spanning a total of 2.85 Gb were anchored to the human genome sequence (excluding those in the random bins). All scaffolds that were completely overlapped by another scaffold based on the human position
were then removed. Also
removed were the smaller of two neighboring contigs when there was an overlap of 60% (based on human) between neighboring scaffolds. The total anchored sequence after these steps dropped to 2.74 Gb (2.41 Gb of actual contig length), or 88% of the total chimpanzee sequence."
Note: After artificially 'chopping and fitting' when attempting to align the chimp DNA and human DNA, only 2.41 Gb or 88% of the total chimp genome survived the process to be compared with the human genome. However, the human genome is approximately 3.1 to 3.2 Gb.
Assuming they were matching up the same number of Gb (2.41Gb) in each genome, then 2.41Gb / 3.2 Gb = .75 or roughly 75% of the human genome was used for comparison along with 88% of chimp genome.
Although the total Gb of each genome is slightly different in various studies, this shows that a COMPLETE comparison between the two genomes was not done. Unless we accept that 75% and 88% (human and chimp genome respectively) represent "completeness". Each of us will have to decide what we consider to be 'complete' for ourselves.
Think of it this way: If your boss says you will be 'completely' paid 75% of what you actually earn, will you be disappointed?
Bottom line: This heavily biased methodology brings us to the 99% similarity between humans and chimps. nice... It would be much more accurate to align both DNA side by side INCLUDING the 'gaps' and 'misalignments' to see the real difference.
Verse for the day: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. (
John 3).
This verse tells us that we are about as inclined to search for God and a criminal is inclined to search for the nearest police department. In our natural state, nobody will seek God. If we ever find ourselves seeking God, it is because God is motivating us to do so. And when that happens, if we are wise, we will ride that tide as long as possible until we find God.
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