Insert your own Tea Party joke here: Humans are 97% the same as orangutans

[LuckyTheDog]

Orangutans may be more closely related to humans than scientists previously thought, a new genetic study has shown.
The first blueprint of the orangutan genetic code has confirmed that they share 97 per cent of their DNA with people.
Although that makes the red-haired apes less closely related to us than chimps - who have 99 per cent of DNA in common - a small portion of orangutan DNA is a closer match to human DNA, the international team of researchers found.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1350807/How-humans-97-orangutans-New-research-shows-DNA-matches.html#ixzz1CHCUESCV

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[Swamp Rat]

1. TRUE!!!

:D

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. Shave my dad's back and the proof is undeniable.

[rfranklin]

3. Please, let's not insult orangutans...

the poo-flinging baggers are a disgrace to all primates.

[Forkboy]

4. Makes me feel sorry for the orangutans.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

5. Shouldn' this be read: Orangutans are more closely related to us than Teabaggers

All kidding aside though - this is really cool.

[JudyM]

8. Great line! nt

[bluestate10]

6. And teabaggers are a perfect match. nt

[jberryhill]

7. I thought most orangutans favored the public option and cap and trade /nt

[RagAss]

9. I understand they're pretty pissed about this news.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

10. The Orangutans or the Teabaggers?

[RagAss]

12. The Orangutans, of course !

[Warpy]

11. There was a great article in Harper's years ago comparing orangs

and chimps. One comparison was putting a chimp in a cage with a screwdriver. The chimp would bang it against things, maybe crack a few nuts with it, and lose interest. The orang would ignore it until nobody was looking and then use it to dismantle the cage.

That's the part that at least some of us share with them.

[hobbit709]

13. Here's my plan. I'll wait until the humans get tired of watching, then I'm busting out.

Patience is a virtue.