Genetics, embodiment and identity

Christoph Rehmann-Sutter

pp. 23-50

in: Armin Grünwald, Mathias Gutmann, Eva Neumann-Held (eds), On human nature, Berlin, Springer, 2002

Abstract

"Why is it okay to experiment on Homo troglodytes, but not on Homo sapiens?" — This is the provocative question posed by Jared Diamond at the end of a chapter in which he points out the amazing genetic proximity of chimpanzees and humans. Only 1.6 percent of our DNA is really "ours". "The remaining 98.4 percent of our DNA is just normal chimp DNA." (Diamond (1992); quotes from pp 23 and 31.)

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