are humans and apes related
1 For most DNA sequences, humans and chimpanzees appear to be most closely related, but some point to a human-gorilla or chimpanzee-gorilla clade. 2  The human genome has been sequenced, as well as the chimpanzee genome. 3  Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, while chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans have 24.