Jumping genes play a big role in what makes us human
Transposons fill huge chunks of our genetic blueprint
THE DIFFERENCE Humans and chimpanzees are easy to tell apart, even though they share a primate ancestor. Jumping genes helped sculpt their distinctions.
DIAMOND IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY/ISTOCKPHOTO; SRBOZUK/ISTOCKPHOTO
Face-to-face, a human and a chimpanzee are easy to tell apart.