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Comment author: Unknowns 08 December 2014 01:33:55PM 1 point [-]

Saying this as a non-expert, the percentages are obviously taken over different gene pools (e.g. there is no reason to count genes in common with a chimpanzee when you are comparing two humans or two siblings.)