Flemmy@lemm.ee to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 21 days agoScientists Discovered 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA With Modern Humanswww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12cross-posted to: archaeology@mander.xyz
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkScientists Discovered 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA With Modern Humanswww.popularmechanics.comFlemmy@lemm.ee to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square19linkfedilinkcross-posted to: archaeology@mander.xyz
minus-squareglimmer_twin [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·21 days agoDon’t we share 70% of our DNA with a banana or some crap
minus-squareAbracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·21 days agonot that mich but idk how much, and the figures between genes and DNA can differ dramatically. all life on Earth diversified here and descended from a common ancestor. while we’re on the topic no, octopuses and squids are not aliens lmao. look at this crap: https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/123479-trending-science-do-octopuses-come-from-outer-space they really bury the lede here
minus-squareSootySootySoot [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·21 days agoWe do share about 50% of genes with bananas. At the end of the day, most multicellular life relies on extremely similar proteins and biomechanical pathways.
Don’t we share 70% of our DNA with a banana or some crap
not that mich but idk how much, and the figures between genes and DNA can differ dramatically.
all life on Earth diversified here and descended from a common ancestor. while we’re on the topic no, octopuses and squids are not aliens lmao. look at this crap: https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/123479-trending-science-do-octopuses-come-from-outer-space
they really bury the lede here
We do share about 50% of genes with bananas. At the end of the day, most multicellular life relies on extremely similar proteins and biomechanical pathways.