are chimps less evolved than humans?
View full size image. Since the human-chimp split about 6 million years ago, chimpanzee genes can be said to have evolved more than human genes, a new study suggests.There are possibly a lot of differences between human and chimps that we donât know about, [perhaps] because there are differences in chimps that nobody has studied; a lot of studies tend to focus on humans,â Bakewell said. 1  Top 10 Missing Links. 2  Hundreds of Human Genes Still Evolving. 3  How Evolution Works.