{"id":158389,"date":"2023-02-18T04:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T10:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/the-genes-we-lost-along-the-way"},"modified":"2023-02-18T04:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T10:24:41","slug":"the-genes-we-lost-along-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/the-genes-we-lost-along-the-way","title":{"rendered":"The Genes We Lost Along the Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Genes We Lost Along the Way\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Vc2bM2aQsw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/to.pbs.org\/DonateEons\">http:\/\/to.pbs.org\/DonateEons<\/a>.<br \/> \u2193 More info below \u2193<br \/> Our DNA holds thousands of dead genes and we\u2019ve only just begun to unravel their stories. But one thing is already clear: we\u2019re not just defined by the genes that we\u2019ve gained over the course of our evolution, but also by the genes that we\u2019ve lost along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to these illustrators for their wonderful hominin illustrations featured throughout this episode!<br \/> Julio Lacerda: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulioTheArtist\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulioTheArtist<\/a>.<br \/> Fabrizio de Rossi: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArtofFabricious\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArtofFabricious\/<\/a><br \/> Jack Byrley: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bedupolker\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/bedupolker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This video features this Paleogeographic Map: Scotese, C.R., 2019. Plate Tectonics, Paleogeography, and Ice Ages, YouTube video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UevnAq1MTVA\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/UevnAq1MTVA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/pbsdigitalstudios\">http:\/\/youtube.com\/pbsdigitalstudios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible:<br \/> Mark Talbott-Williams, Elizabeth Baker, Jake Myers, BuddyTheOtter, The Dec of Cards, Eddy, Andrii Makukha, Angel Alchin, Julie Cohen, salsablog.band, Michael Hof, simon read, Sean C. 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