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[[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 05:14, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)

I'm willing to concede that your recent addition at Negro is probably accurate, so I won't mess with it, but do you have any citations for any of this? -- Jmabel | Talk 23:33, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)

My addition is based on reading newspapers in several languages over many years which are not easy to cite. But discussions about the topic are easy to find and here are some links. Sorry, none of them are in English (my comment was about discussions in foreign languages).

In Finnish : Is the word 'neekeri' offensive? http://www.verkkouutiset.fi/arkisto/Arkisto_1999/19.marraskuu/nekr4699.htm

In Swedish :What is wrong with the word 'neger'? (news article) http://www.bgf.nu/debattorer/baksi/neger.html

In Norwegian: (news article about word "neger" controversy) http://nrk.no/redskap/utskriftsvennlig/2754550.html

In Russian: About political correctness http://www.forum.msk.ru/print-only.cgi?file=991113155347

Warbola 22:39, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi, Do you have a reference for humans and macaques share about 93% of their DNA sequence in the Rhesus Macaque article, please? The BBC report at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6550865.stm says rhesus macaque, chimp and humans share about 97.5% of the same genes and, following the link to Science, I found The average 3% difference between macaque and human genes... in http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/316/5822/216 --Cavrdg 18:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I relied on purported quote from Richard Gibbs The macaque genome agrees with the human genome 93 percent [1]. He is the leader of the whole project, which made it sound like a reliable source. I have seen other numbers too and am not sure where the difference comes from.Warbola 04:43, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]