Closest relative of modern day man is

Prosimians

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Orang-Utan

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Monkey

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Chimpanzee

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Solution

The correct option is D Chimpanzee
The closest living relatives of modern-day men are bonobos and chimpanzees (both genus Pan) and gorillas (genus Gorilla). With the sequencing of both the human and chimpanzee genome, as of 2012 estimates of the similarity between their DNA sequences range between 95% and 99%. So, the correct answer is "Chimpanzee".

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