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.
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