Inbreeding, recessive gene disorders and the origin of our species: how come we didn’t die out?

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Or any other species for that matter?

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A lot of us did die out. We only understand a tiny fraction of our own genetic code and the implications for what some genes and genetic markers mean, but sequence the entire genome of any person on the planet and you’ll find everyone’s probably got a few recessive alleles that are less than ideal. Not all recessive disorders are completely incompatible with life. The thing so many people get wrong about biology is that nothing evolves to the height of perfection but rather, evolves until it’s “good enough.”