Are monkeys really as similar to humans as made out to be?

Question: Are monkeys really as similar to humans as made out to be?
- Keywords:
  human,
  kinship,
  monkey,
  relatedness
Asked by laura29 to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 11 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by amy821, shannon002, shabeeb21, natalie023, charlottefi, alicegd.
- Kevin Mahon answered on 11 Jun 2012:
  
  Yes they are! Chimpanzee’s specifically.This is because we share a common ancestor that is about 8,000,000 years old. Our DNA is around 98-98% the same! They are our closest living relatives.
- Louise de Raad answered on 13 Jun 2012:
  
  And when you study monkeys or apes, you can really see a lot of similaraties too!

Question: Are monkeys really as similar to humans as made out to be?