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Which of the following primate is the closest relative of humans?
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Solution:
Chimpanzees and gorillas are our closest relatives among the living primates. Apes and humans and monkeys are all classified as primates and are considered by evolutionary biologists to be very similar. Apes and humans are commonly claimed to be genetically between 95 and 99% the same. The chimps are matched at 98.8% same in the bases of man and gorilla with 97.9%. So, the gorilla is the closest primate to man after chimpanzee than Rhesus monkey, orangutans and lemur.