DETAILS ABOUT DNA THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOURSELF

BROOKE GREENBERG OF MARYLAND WAS THE

SIZE OF AN INFANT WITH THE MENTAL CAPACITY

OF A TODDLER. SHE DIED RECENTLY AT THE AGE

OF 20. SCIENTISTS THINK HER DNA MAY HOLD

THE KEY TO "BIOLOGICAL IMMORTALITY"

SIMILAR TO THE WASP, ROUGHLY 8% OF YOUR DNA

IS MADE UP OF ANCIENT VIRUSES THAT USED TO

INFECT HUMANS

ACCORDING TO DNA RESEARCH, POLYNESIANS

MAY HAVE VISITED CHILE IN THE 1300’S AND

BEAT COLUMBUS TO THE AMERICAS BY

NEARLY 200 YEARS

ABOUT TWO GRAMS WORTH OF DNA COULD HOLD

EVERY BIT OF DIGITALLY STORED INFORMATION

IN THE WORLD

SCIENTISTS ENCODED THE SONG IT'S A SMALL

WORLD AFTER ALL INTO THE DNA OF A BACTERIA

THAT IS RESISTANT TO RADIOACTIVITY SO THAT

IN THE CASE OF A NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST, FUTURE

HUMANS OR OTHER LIFE FORMS WOULD FIND IT

JOHN SCHNEEBERGER, A ZAMBIAN DOCTOR

LIVING IN CANADA WAS CHARGED WITH

SEXUAL ASSAULT. HE IMPLANTED A TUBE OF

SOMEONE ELSE'S BLOOD IN HIS ARM SO THAT

WHEN IT WAS DRAWN FOR DNA EVIDENCE HE

PASSED THE TEST. HE WAS EVENTUALLY

FOUND OUT AND DEPORTED

THE DNA IN HUMANS IS 99.9% SIMILAR. THE LAST .01%

IS WHERE THE DIFFERENCES LIES

AN EGG'S GENETIC CONTENTS COULD BE REPLACED

WITH A MAN'S DNA AND THEN FERTILIZED WITH

A SPERM. THIS WOULD MAKE TWO MEN THE

PARENTS OF A CHILD