What would Darwin think of the human genome project?

Darwin knew nothing of genes, let alone genomes. He knew that children resemble their parents, but other than this his understanding of genetics was, shall we say, limited. What then would he have made of the Human Genome Project? Vindicated? Yes. Excited? Probably. Gob-smackingly bemused? Almost certainly.

Posted on timeFebruary 13th, 2008 by userSimon Greenhill



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