May 31

Primatologist Explains the 1% Difference Between Humans & Apes

Richard is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates and the evolution of violence, sex, cooking, and culture. He’s also a MacArthur fellow—the so-called “genius grant”—and the author of books like ‘The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution’ and ‘Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence.’

3 Responses to “Primatologist Explains the 1% Difference Between Humans & Apes”

    • Christopher B

      There are very few scientific “facts”, doesn’t mean it isn’t good science and likely true. Gravity is still theoretical but I feel pretty comfortable with it. Scientists come up with theories, based on best evidence, and test those theories to try to disprove them. There are obviously gaps in evolutionary evidence for many reasons, not the least of which is fossils are actually pretty rare, but it doesn’t mean it should be dismissed.

  1. Knobby

    Theory of gravity is the study of gravity, it’s not using theory in the sense unproven, but in the study of gravity. The same with the theory of evolution. Science accepts it as fact, the theory of evolution involves all the different facets/speculations on how it came about. On the write up, the difference between humans and chimps is more than 1%.

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