The Self-Made Man: Human Evolution From Eden to Extinction

Genes are Like Batons in a Relay Race

Fossil bones and footsteps and ruined homes are the solid facts of history, but the surest hints, the most enduring signs, lie in those miniscule genes. For a moment we protect them with our lives, then like relay runners with a baton, we pass them on to be carried by our descendents. There is a poetry in genetics…

Jun 8, 2012 1

• evolution
• genes