From the article:
The latest percentage of genetic similarity is 96% in comparison to previous ones reported about 98.5%.
So, even if we take this at face value, the difference not quite triples from 1.5% to 4%. But tripling a very small number still leaves you with...a pretty small number. 4% still seems like a pretty small difference, but I don't know -- why should this be significant?
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