-- card: 15231 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 26532 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 2564 -- name: -- part contents for background part 1 ----- text ----- Only about 1 percent of the genetic information in human cells, seems to be actually used. Nobody at this time knows why the other 99 percent is there. -- part contents for background part 2 ----- text ----- Chimpanzees are our closest animal relatives. Their DNA code is over 98 percent equivalent to human DNA.