Our genes are quite literally made up of what our ancestors provided. While the ability to find cilantro palatable can’t really be considered a superpower, things like genes found in endurance athletes are. They also show us our epigenetic background. While we can never really know their experiences it can give us clues: war, famine, and other environmental stresses can impact our genome through generations. We can look at the history of our ancestral regions and wonder.
Down the DNA rabbit hole
Down the DNA rabbit hole
Down the DNA rabbit hole
Our genes are quite literally made up of what our ancestors provided. While the ability to find cilantro palatable can’t really be considered a superpower, things like genes found in endurance athletes are. They also show us our epigenetic background. While we can never really know their experiences it can give us clues: war, famine, and other environmental stresses can impact our genome through generations. We can look at the history of our ancestral regions and wonder.