新研究推翻了人类和黑猩猩的DNA差异仅为1%的说法-动脉网

New Research Overturns Claim that Humans and Chimps Differ by Only 1% in Their DNA

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/PRNewswire/ -- For years, the public has been told that human beings and chimpanzees are, in genetic terms, only '1 percent' different. But according to Discovery Institute scientist Dr. Casey Luskin, this claim has just been overturned by research recently published in

/PRNewswire/ -- 多年来，公众一直被告知，从基因角度来看，人类与黑猩猩仅有“1%”的差异。但根据发现研究所科学家凯西·卢辛博士的说法，这项说法刚刚被最近发表的研究推翻。

Nature

自然

, the world's most prestigious science journal.

，世界上最负盛名的科学期刊。

'The actual difference between the human and chimp genomes turns out to be much greater than previously claimed,' said Luskin. 'Instead of 1 percent, it's between 14 to 14.9 percent. That's 14 times more than the often-quoted 1 percent statistic.' Luskin has written extensively on the issue of human origins and human uniqueness, including co-authoring the book .

“人类与黑猩猩基因组之间的实际差异比先前声称的要大得多，”卢斯金说。“不是1%，而是介于14%到14.9%之间。这比经常被引用的1%数据多了14倍。”卢斯金曾广泛撰写关于人类起源和人类独特性的问题，包括合著了一本书。

Science and Human Origins

科学与人类起源

。

Luskin says that previous comparisons between chimps and humans were based on incomplete data that used the human genome to extrapolate information about the chimp genome. Thus, ape and man appeared far more similar than they are in reality.

鲁斯金说，以前关于黑猩猩和人类的比较是基于不完整的数据，这些数据使用人类基因组来推断黑猩猩基因组的信息。因此，猿与人在表面上看起来比实际情况更为相似。

Strangely, the

奇怪的是，

Nature

自然

article buries this explosive new information deep in the Supplementary Data, and then obscures it in technical jargon.

文章将这一爆炸性的新信息深埋在补充数据中，然后用技术术语将其掩盖。

'This is a major scientific discovery,' said Luskin, 'yet those involved don't seem interested in highlighting it. Why?'

“这是一个重大的科学发现，”卢斯金说，“但那些参与其中的人似乎并不想强调它。为什么？”

Luskin analyzes the new data in a two-part series at

卢斯金在两部分系列中分析了新数据

Evolution News and Science Today,

进化新闻与科学今日，

where he points out the cultural significance of the findings. He points out that the 1% claim has widely functioned as a kind of 'icon of evolution' in public discussions, used to assert that humans are just slightly modified chimps.

他指出了这些发现的文化意义。他指出，1% 的说法在公共讨论中广泛充当了“进化标志”，被用来断言人类只是稍加修改的黑猩猩。

Signage at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History, for example, currently informs visitors that 'You and chimpanzees [are] 98.8% genetically similar.' The museum is visited by nearly 4 million people each year.

例如，史密森学会自然历史博物馆的标识牌目前告知参观者：“你和黑猩猩的基因相似度为98.8%。”该博物馆每年接待近400万名游客。

Similarly, science popularizer

同样，科学普及者

Bill Nye

比尔·奈

has written in his bestselling book

在他的畅销书中写道

Undeniable

不可否认的

, 'As our understanding of DNA has increased, we have come to understand that we share around 98.8 percent of our gene sequence with chimpanzees.'

‘随着我们对DNA的理解加深，我们已经了解到我们与黑猩猩共享大约98.8%的基因序列。’

Luskin calls on science educators and museums to correct the record: 'This icon of evolution has now been falsified. It's misinformation, and it needs to be corrected.'

卢斯金呼吁科学教育工作者和博物馆纠正这一记录：“这个进化的标志现在已经被证伪了。这是错误的信息，需要得到纠正。”

Discovery Institute

发现研究所

is a non-profit educational and research organization whose mission is to advance a culture of purpose, creativity, and innovation with programs in areas such as economics, education, technology, bioethics, and artificial intelligence.

是一个非营利性的教育和研究组织，其使命是通过在经济、教育、技术、生物伦理和人工智能等领域的项目，推动一种目标导向、创造力和创新的文化。

SOURCE Discovery Institute

来源：发现研究所

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