Just 7% of Human DNA Is Unique, Says Latest Large-scale Genetic Study
Just 7% of Human DNA Is Unique, Says Latest Large-scale Genetic Study Among all the species of man that ever existed, Homo sapiens (modern man) is the sole survivor. But that doesn’t make us quite as special as we thought. A genetic study carried out by researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) found that modern humans only possess a small fraction of fully unique human DNA. The vast majority of our collective genetic inheritance is something we shared with other species of ancient man, specifically our long extinct “cousins” the Neanderthals and the Denisov...
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