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dryerasenerd t1_j6002jo wrote

That doesn't seem like a lot considering humans share ~90% of our dna with cats.

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BostonUniStudent t1_j60734h wrote

The average human is 92% similar to an Italian

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Stiffard t1_j60y81f wrote

And we share a common ancestor with them from about 7.8 million years ago. Which has scientists asking the question: which came first? Italy or Italians?

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BostonUniStudent t1_j611bj3 wrote

If I learned anything from driving, it's that you can take the Italians out of Italy.

But you can't take the Italy of the Italians.

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ShortOldFatGuy t1_j64v9yr wrote

Actually 7.8 million, plus 30 years, we had a common ancestor, Morty, first Jewish caveman. Oy vay.

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DemSocOrBust t1_j5zz0t0 wrote

Aren't humans 70% similar in DNA to mushrooms?

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Greene_Mr t1_j612hjq wrote

But can you fuck a mushroom?

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Godtiermasturbator t1_j61bkm4 wrote

Technically you can fuck anything

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Greene_Mr t1_j61e432 wrote

"I have an orifice, God -- can you fuck me?"

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Fun-Background-9622 t1_j606evz wrote

There's this zoologist on TV that hate cats. He said that the only difference between big and small cats is size and that a house cat would gladly eat its owner if it was as big as a tiger, and that a tiny tiger would beg for food and attention, then ignore the owner when it's needs are met as cats do.

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armcie t1_j60b5yg wrote

> If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.

Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

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RegorHK t1_j6104r6 wrote

Sir Terry ever warned us against the dangers of style and glamour. I am not with him on this here. Feral cat often live in colonies and share hunting spoils as well as kitten care work. A cat that likes you will care when you are ill. They are bastards to mice and birds though. They will care for you if they like you personally.

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snow_michael t1_j610yr6 wrote

> They will care for you if they like you personally killing you is more effort than waiting to be fed

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basedshapiro t1_j605u2b wrote

Cats also haven’t really changed that much evolutionarily in a very very long time… they’re so perfect in so many ways for survival.

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Deafwindow t1_j607jy5 wrote

My pet cockroach is better though

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RegorHK t1_j610a0z wrote

It's your pet. Of course it is better (to you).

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WeaselTeamSix t1_j60g1iv wrote

Domestic cats have never forgotten this.

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Full-Mulberry5018 t1_j5zzkdx wrote

Inside every domestic cat is a tiger just waiting to get out (and eat you). 🐈 🐅

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Zenmedic t1_j606obp wrote

Mine doesn't wait. He actively tries, just hasn't quite figured out the how....yet.

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monkeypox_69 t1_j609hnp wrote

Little cat good, big cat bad. 👍

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geo22717 t1_j61bgyg wrote

no wonder my tiger acts like a cat

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IceCreamLouise t1_j61iy3d wrote

Could determine the same thing by giving the tiger a box. Test done.

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ihvnnm t1_j61jle2 wrote

So we are closer related to chimps (8mil years) than the domestic cat to tigers

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absolutelyshafted t1_j621bqs wrote

Humans usually have 80-90% in common genes with other mammals.

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bebop1065 t1_j633rvx wrote

I thought god did it. /s

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shiggythor t1_j639m8y wrote

Just need to change two genes, right? One for bigginess and one for stripes. Thats how genetics work, or?

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GoGaslightYerself t1_j63b2ez wrote

Only about 2% of the human genome codes for protein synthesis. On the other hand, about 50% of human DNA is so-called "junk DNA" that has no apparent function. It's believed that much of this DNA originally came from viruses.

Roughly 10% of the human genome consists of about a million scattered copies of a single 286-base sequence (or "sentence") of this "junk DNA" called "Alu." It's the genomic equivalent of meaningless SPAM, repeated endlessly...

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NOVAbuddy t1_j63i0oz wrote

I always wonder if that junk DNA would do something if we still consumed for example, the Pleistocene megafauna. Like maybe if we ate paraceratherium liver our cells would have the molecular building blocks for our DNA make proteins we no longer have. What kind of organs and capabilities are locked up in that DNA that we can no longer access because we don’t have the raw inputs to make the code useful?

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GoGaslightYerself t1_j63jdhr wrote

> What kind of organs and capabilities are locked up in that DNA that we can no longer access because we don’t have the raw inputs to make the code useful?

I don't know and am not qualified to even guess. But being that so much of it is identical -- the same sequence repeated over and over (a million times in the case of Alu) -- I suspect it carries about as much useful information as a dial tone.

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geniice t1_j63z5bv wrote

> Roughly 10% of the human genome consists of about a million scattered copies of a single 286-base sequence (or "sentence") of this "junk DNA" called "Alu." It's the genomic equivalent of meaningless SPAM, repeated endlessly...

At least some of it controls gene expression. Beyond that the fact its highly conserved in primates suggests it does something.

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TheCloudFestival t1_j642q3e wrote

That sounds impressive until you realise the vast, vast majority of DNA sequencing is concerned mainly with keeping life eukaryotic as opposed to prokaryotic.

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FoxMcLOUD420 t1_j64x868 wrote

So you're telling me one day a cat just got pissed off at everyone and everything and then like tom hanks decided "i wanna be BIG"?

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timetravel_inc t1_j608xha wrote

Genomes need to be 96-98% identical for them to belong to the same species.

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