Any of various nucleic acids that are usually the molecular basis of heredity, are localized especially in cell nuclei, and are constructed of a double helix. Our DNA differs from that of chimps, gorillas, and orangutans by between 1.6 and 3.6 percent. The theory that groups of organisms change with the passage of time, mainly as a result of natural selection. Early in their evolution, primates gave up this defensive arrangement, and their eye sockets rotated forward. The form or structure of an animal s body.
Apes are humans closest primate ancestors.
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