Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Ever wonder why some people are lactose intolerant and others aren’t? Or why some people have naturally thicker hair than others?
Some traits, like walking upright and using tools, define us as humans and have become fixed in our DNA over millions of years. Other traits that aren’t shared by everyone are more recent results of genetic adaptations to the very different environments humans lived in. But it turns out that genetic variations that once helped us are now causing trouble for human health.
#Genetics #HumanEvolution #Migration #Variation #HumanHealth #DNA #Mutation
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Ever wonder why some people are lactose intolerant and others aren’t? Or why some people have naturally thicker hair than others?
Some traits, like walking upright and using tools, define us as humans and have become fixed in our DNA over millions of years. Other traits that aren’t shared by everyone are more recent results of genetic adaptations to the very different environments humans lived in. But it turns out that genetic variations that once helped us are now causing trouble for human health.
#Genetics #HumanEvolution #Migration #Variation #HumanHealth #DNA #Mutation
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