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seamustheseagull t1_j415gwn wrote

Reply to comment by xydanil in How are there more genetic differences between two of us than between us and Neanderthals? by bookposting5

This. It's "compare the average human genome against the average neanderthal genome".

Comparing a specific human against a specific neanderthal will probably yield 3,030,000 different genes.

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dastultz t1_j41l6wu wrote

Hmm, is this the "Lottery Fallacy"? The odds of *me* (specific) winning the lottery are very long. The odds of *someone* (general) winning the lottery are very good.

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