# Great Apes and Humans

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- Book: [Great Apes and Humans](https://www.bookquiver.com/benjamin-b-beck/great-apes-and-humans) ([Great Apes and Humans.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/benjamin-b-beck/great-apes-and-humans.md))
- Authors: [Benjamin B. Beck](https://www.bookquiver.com/benjamin-b-beck), [Tara S. Stoinski](https://www.bookquiver.com/tara-s-stoinski), [Michael Hutchins](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-hutchins), [Terry L. Maple](https://www.bookquiver.com/terry-l-maple), [Bryan Norton](https://www.bookquiver.com/bryan-norton)
- Publisher: smithsonian_institution_scholarly_press
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-19-3562-347-2
- Published: 2014-05-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The great apes -- gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans -- are known to be our closest living relatives. Chimpanzees in particular share 98 percent of our DNA, and scientists widely agree that...