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Which animal is closest to man? bonobos or chimpanzees?

Question #152368. Asked by chabenao1.
Last updated Feb 16 2026.
Originally posted Feb 16 2026 8:15 AM.

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So here's the deal - it's a tie! We humans share approximately 98.7% of our DNA with both bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). While bonobos and chimpanzees are more closely related to each other than they are to us, they are both equidistant from humans on the evolutionary tree. In the Hominidae family, about 5 to 7 million years ago, the lineage that led to humans split off from the lineage that led to the Pan genus (chimps and bonobos). Much later, roughly 1 to 2 million years ago, the Pan lineage split into two separate species: chimpanzees and bonobos.

If one looks at behaviour, the answer is equally equal - we're a healthy mix of both of these apes. The main difference between chimpanzees and bonobos stemmed from the fact that the chimpanzees had to compete with gorillas, whereas the bonobos had the Congo River to separate them from any aggressive adversaries. Humans, the weakest of the four major genii, had to develop advanced tools to survive in the wild.

Then we developed machines that would think for us, and then they became sentient, and that became our downfall...

link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fylC9yMm1nE

link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxrXMKyB-Ug

link https://www.apeinitiative.org/bonobos-chimpanzees

And Wikipedia

Feb 16 2026, 11:04 AM
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