Chimpanzees are “great apes.” The other great apes are bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, and humans. Chimpanzees and humans share approximately 95% of their DNA; old studies reported a 98% match but a study in 2002 showed that a 5% divergence is more accurate. Chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than they are to gorillas. Chimpanzees
