“I presume that humans and chimps share common ancestry.”
I would be very interested to know why Mr. Klinghoffer presumes this. Also why he uses the word “presume”, which suggests an opinion easily abandoned given evidence, with which he would be unfamiliar. Is he in fact acquainted with the relevant data, and if so what conclusion can he reach, and how strongly?
The gift that keeps on giving:
The comedy stylings of Casey Luskin and David Klinghoffer.
It’s amazing that they try to claim the moral high ground re: animal cruelty when the Discovery Institute is one of the purveyors of climate change denialism. I guess we’ll just forget the impact climate change has on global ecosystems and species extinction, while pretending the DI is somehow in favor of animal welfare.
What unbelievable clowns.
The ironic twist regarding animal lovers being inhumane to people is a classic Hemingway rationalization. Rationalization and religious sectarianism cut a deep and wide path through the DI. Apparently, because Hitler had a favorite dog–a German shepherd named Blondi–bullfighting, a vile and disgusting “sport” akin to dog fighting and cock fighting is OK. Sounds like old Dominionism b-llsh-t to me…….
I believe Elvis Costello said it best (I paraphrase): I used to be disgusted, but now I’m just amused….
Hm. Has anyone here read this presumably ridiculous book?
No, but when I looked at it Amazon told me I might also like Project Whisker: Alien Theories about Cats. 
Perhaps the most important finding from Project Whisker is that humans and cats share 99.999999% of their DNA for each of their nine lives…….
….and whenever you see a cat staring at you, you KNOW that they are totally annoyed by that fact.
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Live Science fluff article published this morning eventually gets around to agreeing with @GutsickGibbon. It missed the point that most of the differences are still non-functional and not regulatory.
Do humans and chimps really share nearly 99% of their DNA? | Live Science Do humans and chimps really share nearly 99% of their DNA? | Live Science