Somewhere in our DNA must lie the key mutation (or, more probably, mutations) that set us apart-the mutations that make us the sort of creature that could wipe out its nearest relative, then dig up its bones and reassemble its genome. (Elizabeth Kolbert)

Somewhere in our DNA must lie the key mutation (or, more probably, mutations) that set us apart-the mutations that make us the sort of creature that could wipe out its nearest relative, then dig up its bones and reassemble its genome.

Elizabeth Kolbert

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