- Recent studies have shown that there is a greater genetic differences between two Africans, such as the Bushmen and Bantus, whom speak different languages than the genetic differences between a European and an Asian.
- Africans are so genetically different, because they have lived in one place, with many different kinds of environments, that they have had a much longer time to obtain these genetic differences than Europeans and Asians have.
- All human genomes are almost identical.
- The small differences in the nucleotide bases of the DNA make up for most of the visible differences.
Reflection:
I found it really interesting that African people have much greater genetic differences than Europeans and Asians do since they have had longer in one environment to acquire all the differences. I also found it interesting that the large number of nucleotide bases in our genomes are what allows all humans to have very similar genomes while the small differences are all that really shine through. I was able to understand that even though everyone’s genomes are very similar, our SNPs are what allow us to all be different and individual, even in the little ways. I was able to understand how the Africans could be so genetically different because of time and evolution.
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