Why are chimpanzee the closent relative of homo sapiens?

Answer 1

they share a common ancestor that is extinct, this common ancestor was a lesser ape, we are therefore as close theoretically as to orangutan and gorrilla, however our DNA is 98.9% identical to Chimps, do not be fooled though, we are 40% identical to dandilions!!! a few percent can make a big difference

Answer 2

Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans are members of the Hominidae family.

Around 6 million years ago, the evolution of Chimpanzees ceased but human evolution continued to become Homo Sapiens.

Pan troglodytes (Common Chimpanzee) and Pan paniscus (Bonobo) are the two extant chimpanzee species of ape in the genus Pan, and they are the closest living relatives to humans.

Answer 3

"Cousins" is pretty strong, since the most recent common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees probably lived about 5-7 million years ago, meaning that 100,000th cousins (probably many thousands of times removed, since chimps have shorter generational times than humans do) would be a significant overestimate of how closely related we actually are.

By contrast, even conservative estimates suggest that you probably share a common ancestor with someone from the opposite side of the planet as recently as perhaps 1500 BC, meaning you're in the vicinity of 150th cousins at most with every other human on the planet (and figures in the 50s are pretty common guesses using less conservative estimates) with the possible exception of certain extremely isolated populations such as the Sentinelese.

Answer 4

They are more closely related to humans than they are Gorillas. This is because the common ancestor of chimps and humans lived long after the common ancestor of chimps and gorillas.

Answer 5

Its all in the genes...