Science says that our DNA is 85% similar to mice, 61% similar to fruit fly, and even 60% similar to banana, etc., then, we’re so much different in appearance. How does the remaining %, etc. able to make us who we are as different from other species we’re genetically similar to.
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DNA is a huge thing. Even a small percentage, say 10% is a massive amount. You probably share like 98% of your makeup with your siblings, but you’re brother or sister is very different from you. You can even tell identical twins apart.
The basic building blocks of dna and matter in general are all the same for everyone and everything. So a space shuttle shares the same building blocks as a chair in your backyard. It’s all just steel and aluminum and plastic. I don’t have exact figures but they could share 50% or even greater. But they aren’t anything alike.
When you consider the basic building blocks of things similarities become way more obvious but even less useful to describe something. It gets too basic. Look at words. Block and clock have totally different meanings, but they share 80% of their basic parts. Or better yet, “minute,” a unit of time measurement equal to 60 seconds, and “minute” a description of something very small or “minute” 1/60th of one degree of an angle. All three are very different yet share 100% of the basic ingredients. A pickup truck, a tank and a Ferrari are all just a motor, a body and some seats, theoretically they are all identical but they totally aren’t.
Yes those examples are a bit of a stretch but hopefully it helps you understand the principle. We all have carbon in us, but there is so much more than just basic building blocks.
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