Chimps and humans

Thank you for the Sept. 1 article regarding the 96% similarity of the genome between chimps and humans. I suppose this excuses some of our politicians and pundits for being so simple-minded. But what was most interesting was the fact that chimps do not suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, malaria and other afflictions. I guess the intelligent designer was drinking moonshine, or maybe she just prefers chimpanzees. Please, let science have the last word, not the hand-waving of the uneducated.

TED HENDRICKSON

Irvine