The Last 2 percent (v. 2)

(Human - Chimpanzee) = 0.02

If humans share about 98 percent of our genetic makeup with chimps, then why are we so far apart in terms of behavior, agility, cognitive skills, etc.?

What is it that makes up The Last 2 percent?

Humans And Monkeys Share Machiavellian Intelligence - on how evolution occurred because, it occurred (emphasis added, below). Note how, after the proposition is made that social skills are the result of natural process evolution, the conclusion is offered that higher functions (e.g., spiritual activities) are also the result.

Pressure to find Machiavellian solutions to social problems may also have led to the evolution of larger human brains.

"Our Machiavellian intelligence is not something we can be proud of, but it may be the secret of our success. If it contributed to the evolution of our large brains and complex cognitive skills, it also contributed to the evolution of our ability to engage in noble spiritual and intellectual activities, including our love and compassion for other people", Maestripieri said.

Visualizing the Similarity of Human and Chimp DNA (watch the video while thinking of the concept of "design template"),

The recent publication of the complete chimp genome, marked by a celebratory issue of the journal  Nature, tells us that humans and chimps share 96 percent of the same genetic material. This number is hard to comprehend, what exactly does it means to say that we share 96% of our DNA with our closest living cousins?

Neandertals, Humans Share Key Changes To 'Language Gene

A new study in Current Biology reveals that adaptive changes in a human gene involved in speech and language were shared by our closest extinct relatives, the Neandertals. The finding reveals that the human form of the gene arose much earlier than scientists had estimated previously. It also raises the possibility that Neandertals possessed some of the prerequisites for language.

Also listen to Reasons to Believe's Creation Update podcast, from 10/23/07, titled Did Neanderthals Speak?

Comments

[Robert]

Well... the similarity of the Chimpanzee Ape to the Human Ape is LOUDLY APPARENT in the playground. Can anyone say "Schoolyard Bully" or perhaps "Most 'Popular' Kid". The funniest thing is though that the Leftists who supposedly accept evolution as the best scientific theory seem to ignore the evolutionary psychology
of the Human Ape. Hence the absurdity of "Pacifism" and "Dis-armament".

[Robert]

Another good example of leftist denial is in this link.