I wonder why are we so much reserved about our ancestors?

Question

scientific research have shown that we are all the descendents of monkeys...more than 95%of our genes matches with that of a chimp,,,can we feel proud to say that we were all monkey at a time .

Answer 1

95% may match a chimp, But what a difference the other 5 % makes

Answer 2

There is a huge difference between genealogy (ancestry) and anthropology.  I have yet to find any record that my gr grandmother was a chimp.. so it is not relevant to what I do.

Answer 3

Should you feel like reading a little more into this subject of common genes, I think you'll find that we also share a large percentage with fruit flies!

I had always understood that man did not "descend" from monkeys, but that the apes developed side by side, each taking a slightly different pathway to present-day species.

As a red-head, I find it interesting that it has been suggested the red gene goes way back to Neanderthal Man!

Answer 4

please do not make fun of your forefathers...

the word ancestors is used for the human beings of your previous generations...

and not the primitive species of human evolution... like monkeys and the first-ever living being the single cell organisms...

who told you that your genes match with that of chimps... please reconfirm...

please come out of your dreamworld and ask some worthwhile questions...

Answer 5

You  might descend from a chimp, but I DON'T!  Have fun with that.