Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

---

Geneticist Steve Jones on the history of genetics, protein diversity, and why every person is truly unique.

Read the full text on our website: serious-science.org/genetic-diversity-in-humans-10121

'The amount of variation of the DNA level is unspeakably enormous, so much so that every person in the world is different from everybody else in the world. Every person in the world who has ever lived or ever will live is different from every other person who ever has lived or ever will live. And even more remarkable, every sperm and every egg ever made in the world is different from all the others. '

Steve Jones, Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics, Principal Research Associate, University College London, Fellow of the Royal Society

Mutations in Humans: serious-science.org/mutations-in-humans-9972
Genes and the Environment: serious-science.org/genes-and-the-environment-9770

Be the first to find out about our new videos and articles. Learn interesting facts about various topics and people. Discover the answers to the big questions. Be in the know.

serious-science.org

Follow us:
We are on Patreon: patreon.com/SeriousScience
Facebook — facebook.com/serious.science.org
Twitter — twitter.com/scienceserious
YouTube — youtube.com/user/SeriousScience
Instagram — instagram.com/serious.science
Tumblr — serious-science.tumblr.com
VK — vk.com/seriousscience