← Eons · Season 2021

The Genes We Lost Along the Way

S5 · E6 · 24 Feb 2021 · 10 min

Our DNA holds thousands of dead genes and we’ve only just begun to unravel their stories. But one thing is already clear: we’re not just defined by the genes that we’ve gained over the course of our evolution, but also by the genes that we’ve lost along the way.