Just beacuse we share 98 % of our DNA with chimpanzees, it doesn't mean we are 98% similar to them. This figure should never have been dropped on to people without the background to understand what it means. I could teach someone how to read music, but unless they know it translates into sounds, it's meaningless, just like the Chimp DNA statement.

We share 60-70 % of our DNA with a potato. That doesn't mean it's 60-70% as intelligent as us, although some of the people round here contrdict that rather.....