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Name two important features of similarity that show chimpanzee are our closest relatives

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Genetic evidence suggests the ancestors of human and chimpanzees diverged roughly 4 million years ago. The similarities between humans and chimpanzee are the following:
1. The relative size of the chimpanzee brain matches most of our extinct relatives.
2. Upright posture and the walk of chimpanzee matches with our ancestors.

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