Hairy post

At the Washington Post, this curious story:

Humans still have the genes for a full coat of body hair.  Research reveals these genes are not gone but muted... 

There is also this bit of info, which I am not sure if I had read before, or not:

Despite very different appearances and behaviors, humans share much of their DNA with other mammals: 99 percent with chimpanzees, 85 percent with mice and 80 percent with cows.

Would I have guessed we are significantly genetically closer to mice than cows?   Don't think so.  But I do like rats and rodents generally, so I don't mind.