Neandertals are thought to be our closest evolutionary relatives, having diverged from humans 300,000 to 400,000 years ago, and their genome has been sequenced. Which statement about humans and Neandertals is false?
A) The genomes of modern humans and Neandertals are 99.9% identical.
B) Neandertal and chimpanzee genomes share about 99% identity.
C) The Neandertal genome was surprisingly GC-rich.
D) The coding sequences of only 90 genes in Neandertals are different from those of modern humans.
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