Wesley J. Smith: Humans Are Not 98% Genetically Identical to Chimpanzees

Wesley J. Smith has this article on LifeSiteNews.com. He writes:

First, the 98% figure is probably overstated. An article in Science puts the actual figure at 94%. (Jon Cohen, “Relative Differences: The Myth of 1%, June 29, 2007). But even these figures are only measuring about 2% of our total genetic makeup – that is, those genes that code for proteins, the building blocks of our physical bodies and functions.