Your DNA Is (Almost Certainly) From Outer Space
PBS Space Time · Season 2025 · Episode 6
Did you know that many of us have up to 4% neanderthal DNA? And that 100% of your DNA may come from outer space? No joke. The biochemistry that defined the coding system of your DNA may have happened off-world, and perhaps even long before Earth existed.
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Season
2025
Episode
6
Air Date
06/Mar/2025
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
18 min
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Did you know that many of us have up to 4% neanderthal DNA? And that 100% of your DNA may come from outer space? No joke. The biochemistry that defined the coding system of your DNA may have happened off-world, and perhaps even long before Earth existed.
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