Humans are Similar on a Molecular Level

Published Mar 17, 2012 by ideonexus

Haemoglobin is a very large molecule by ordinary standards, containing about ten thousand atoms, but the chances are that your haemoglobin and mine are identical, and significantly different from that of a pig or horse. You may be impressed by how much human beings differ from one another, but if you were to look into the fine details of the molecules of which they are constructed, you would be astonished by their similarity.

Francis Crick, Of molecules and men (1996)

Notes

We appear different externally, but internally we are almost identical.

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Of molecules and men Book

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large molecule, Molecular Level, ordinary standards, human beings, fine details, haemoglobin, chances, atoms, similarity, Humans, molecules, pig