Human genome not 98-99% similar to Chimps

I have learned from reading evolutionist papers that nothing destroys a good evolutionist argument like reading the original paper does and this fact has once again been proven true.  I have just finished reading the original paper on which the 98-99% myth is based and not only does in never claim that human and chimp genomes are 98-99% similar but the actual figure one get from this paper is significantly lower.

Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome

First thing to not is that the paper did not deal with similarities but differences. The  reporting by evolutionists reversed percent difference to percent similarity, most likely because 99% similar has greater propaganda value than 1% percent different.  The number actual figure on which the 98-99% similarity is based on substitutions and is actually a 1.23% difference.

Example of a substitution

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Now there is another type of difference the paper described that exceed the percentage of differences from substitutions and they are called insertions and deletions adding an additional 3% difference to the two genomes.

Example of an insertion and deletion
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AGAGCAGATCTATC

From here it only takes a little math to see the true result. 3% + 1.23% = 4.23%. This means that base on the original paper on which the  98-99% similarity  is based, the actual figure is a 4.23% difference which produces a 95.77% similarity from the vary paper that is used to claim a 98-99% similarity.

Now while is still quite close it represents a 2-4 X increase in differences purported by the 98-99% similarity claim. It also needs to be remembered that this study did not include a significant portion the two genomes that can not be matched, meaning that these portions of have a much larger difference than the areas used in this study. The Result is that 98-99% similarity is proven to be a myth by the same paper claimed to have discovered the similarity.

Red Deer Cave people could be separate human species

Red Deer Cave people could be separate human species

Whether or not they are technically classified as a separate human species they were still human beings. From a creationist perspective they would be off chutes of the human race that live during the post flood ice age about 5000 thousand years ago. The relatively few individuals found and the degree of fragmentation of the remains makes claiming them to be an entirely separate human species a bit of a stretch. They could have just as well have been a small isolated family group whose traits could be a result of inbreeding.

Mitochondrial Eve and Human Migration

Mitochondrial Eve and Human Migration
 
Despite the fact that Evolutionists interpret Mitochondrial and Y chromosome DNA based on Evolution and have actually used the data to attack creationists, the data actually provides dramatic support for Biblical creation. Furthermore it supports the Biblical dispersion from Babel because when you start in Iraq where .Babel was located you find a nice three way split of  Mitochondrial and Y chromosome DNA just as predicted by the Biblical account.

Creation of Man kind

Genesis 1:26-28
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Commentary

Here God creates mankind. The reference to man being created in “the image of God” is not intended to convey physical similarity as God had not physical form as we know it but God that gave mankind attributes that God himself posses such as freewill, creativity, and intelligence. It is also clear hear that God created mankind to include both men and women.

The command here to “replenish the earth” does not mean to refill as some have claimed. At the time the King James was translated replenish simply meant to fill.