How can we reconcile the fact that humans and other apes differ only by 1% or 2% of their genomes and at the same time there are huge phenotypic differences between humans and apes?

Genomes of humans, chimpanzees, and apes sequenced by researcher. Only 1.3% difference between humans and apes on a base for base analysis. But 71% of genes differences in both apes and human.

What are the differences between apes and humans?

Apes cannot walk upright whereas humans can walk upright.
Humans can walk upright while the volume of the brain is comparatively more in humans and they have a big cranium.
Apes have large Jaws and humans have small Jaws.

The similarities between african apes and humans have essentially the same arrangement of internal organs, share all of the same bones and lack external tails, and have several important blood type systems in common.

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