The recent completion of the human gene map within the scope of
the Human Genome Project is an important scientific improvement.
However, some results of this project are being distorted in
some evolutionist publications. It is claimed that the genes of
chimpanzees are 98 % similar to human genes, and this is
presented as an evidence for the claim that apes are close to
humans, and therefore, logical ancestors of humans as claimed by
Darwin's theory of evolution. The argument is misleading. The
claim of 98% similarity is deceptive. To claim that the genetic
make-ups of man and chimpanzee bear 98 % similarity to each
other, the genome of the chimpanzee also has to be mapped just
as that of man and the two have to be compared. No such result
for the chimpanzee has been done yet. This claimed similarity is
an exaggerated generalisation grounded on the similarity in the
amino acid sequences of some 30-40 basic proteins present in man
and chimpanzee. A sequence analysis has been made with a method
named "DNA hybri