What do we know about and what don’t we know about the unique qualities of our species, based on our evolutionary genetics compared to other primates and mammals? Modern genomics does not seem to explain our unique brain power including language, reasoning and abstract thought when examining the DNA differences between our closest relatives and us. Why do they not talk, write books, build planes, play music, ski, grow pot and brew beer – to name a few human pastimes?
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