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Do chimpanzees have a similar blood group as humans?

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Just a silly question really, I'm interested to know if primates have different or similar blood groups to humans?—Debbie. Humans owe a lot to the Rhesus macaque. This little monkey has provided insights into space travel, cloning and human behaviour. read more

Thus it does seem that chimpanzees and other apes share a similar system of blood types. However it is likely that due to reproductive isolation, mutations have accumulated on the genes which encode for blood type on both apes and humans, and the blood types are no longer compatible. read more

Blood types have only been studied in a handful of primate species, but Rideout says Old World monkeys and apes have been shown to have blood types comparable, although not identical, to the human ABO blood group system. According to the Australian Red Cross there are more than 270 human blood antigens, belonging to over 30 blood group systems. read more

Our bodies are incredibly similar. We have the same skeletons except the bones are shaped slightly differently. Our bodies make the same proteins and other organic chemicals in the same way. Our eyes are the same, our ears are the same (although a bit differently shaped). There are some differences. read more

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