Apes Compare And Contrast Essay

There has been so much debate over scientists suggesting one thing over another about humans being a distant relative of the apes and how they share most genes. I personally think that human and apes do share similarities such as most genes. Furthermore, “Humans belong to the biological group known as Primates, and are classified with the great apes, one of the major groups of the primate evolutionary tree. Besides similarities in anatomy and behavior, our close biological kinship with other primate species is indicated by DNA evidence. It confirms that our closest living biological relatives are chimpanzees and bonobos, with whom we share many traits” (Average Cranium). As stated in the article “Genesis and the Genome,” homology is explained
Cells have to have machinery for metabolism, for cell division, for translating DNA into proteins, for dealing with toxins, and for responding to the environment. The machinery has to accomplish many of the same things in cells of many kinds, so it should not be surprising that there are similarities among proteins not only between man and chimpanzee but throughout the world of living things” (Mitchell). But specifically, humans and apes really aren’t so different compared to other living species. Some specific physical similarities between both is how the rib cage is very broad from left to right and it’s shallow from the front and back. Both have dorsally scapula and shoulder joints facing the same way giving them that mobility. Now, shifting to more of the brain development, humans and apes have some similarities in this area. Many scientists believe that the human and ape brain evolved unusually rapidly, specifically the cerebellum part, which involves the control of movement. For scientists to really research and understand how the cerebellum evolved started with researching and investigating other parts of the brain in