“Can something like this really happen?” Looks like we hear you say. At the same time, we can easily say that you have not thought much about this topic before.

Well seriously actually Can any of us be related to each other?

If we think of it in its simplest form; We have two parents, four grandparents and eight grandparents, along with theirs.

Four generations ago, our ancestors numbered thirty people in total. If we continue to follow this logic and double every step, forty generations ago, We have almost a trillion ancestors living at the same time. we can find it.

While it sounds a bit meaningless, this number actually is There have never been so many people alive. Since our species emerged two hundred thousand years ago, perhaps seven or eight thousand generations have been born and died.

At this point, when we think about where our lost ancestors are located, we can clearly conclude that there was inbreeding.

Because so many people with common ancestors have reproduced, the number of actual ancestors is actually much smaller than the math tells us. But everyone is alive today share a common ancestor in the family tree and in fact this person lived only three thousand years ago.

On the other hand, each of us carries the data of our ancestors in our genes, but in the DNA Since it has been copied many times, some errors occur every now and then, so to speak. arise and differences arise.

However, because our DNA can be changed without affecting most functions, Most of these mutations are passed on to the next generation. These genetic changes accumulate over time, so scientists can estimate how much time has passed by reading them like a molecular clock.

Furthermore, the changes that individuals undergo tell us how closely or distantly they are related to us.

Although a Chinese and a Turk seem very different, they actually are Our DNA levels are very similar. Even a group of chimpanzees living in Central Africa has far more genetic diversity than is found in the entire human population.

It may not always be clear where we come from, or in other words, where we come from, but DNA is infallible. We all have one ancestor who lived thousands of years ago, but these genetics are so confused It is not possible for us to see its traces in our DNA.

In short, each of us We are really family members, even a very big family. However, our ancestors are not only branches stretching into the past, but also a tree stretching into the future.

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