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___________ is the closest relative of man.
___________ is the closest relative of man.
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The correct option is A Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee, orangutan, monkey and gibbon are primates and placed in the order Primata along with humans. Primates are mammals that are characterized by their advanced characteristics like high intelligence, mental development, forward facing eyes, grasping hands, etc.
Apes are of two types - they are the greater apes and lesser apes. Chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutan and humans are considered as greater apes with large brain, large body and no tail whereas gibbon is a lesser ape with small body and small brain.
Out of the three greater apes given here, chimpanzees are genetically closest relatives of humans, they share 98.6% DNA similarity. It says that they had a recent common ancestor, and some of this common ancestor evolved into chimpanzees whereas others evolved along a line of various species of early humans, eventually resulting in Homo sapiens (modern human).
Chimpanzee, orangutan, monkey and gibbon are primates and placed in the order Primata along with humans. Primates are mammals that are characterized by their advanced characteristics like high intelligence, mental development, forward facing eyes, grasping hands, etc.
Apes are of two types - they are the greater apes and lesser apes. Chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutan and humans are considered as greater apes with large brain, large body and no tail whereas gibbon is a lesser ape with small body and small brain.
Out of the three greater apes given here, chimpanzees are genetically closest relatives of humans, they share 98.6% DNA similarity. It says that they had a recent common ancestor, and some of this common ancestor evolved into chimpanzees whereas others evolved along a line of various species of early humans, eventually resulting in Homo sapiens (modern human).
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