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Is the Human Race Evolving to Have Three Strands of DNA?
Many scientists are challenging the idea that we humans have more than two or even three strands of DNA. Some even believe that we may have a total of 12 strands or more. DNA is the acronym used for deoxyribonucleic acid. It contains the codes that act like a blueprint, giving instructions to cells and telling them how to behave. MostDNA is found in the cell nucleus (nuclear DNA), while a small amount is found in the mitochondria (mDNA).
The conventional DNA model is believed to carry the informational code made from four chemical bases. There are about 3 billion bases in the average human DNA and over 99 percent of DNA is the same in all people. This means that a very small portion, less than one percent of DNA, differs from
person to person.
Most of us are aware of the two strands DNA model that is formed when nucleotides are arranged in two long strands, forming a spiral called a double helix. The structure of the double helix looks somewhat like a ladder. The way DNA is structured allows it to store more than 700 terabytes of information in a single gram of DNA. That is pretty amazing!
Scientific evidence of three and four strands of DNA
A few years ago, geneticists officially acknowledged the first case of a child with three strands of DNA. This child, named Alfie Clamp, was a two year old boy who became the only person in the world to be diagnosed with three DNA strands. Unfortunately, he was born blind and with severe disabilities. Recently, a Cambridge study is now suggesting that four strands (quadruple helix) of DNA also exist within humans. Some geneticists even believe that the human body has the potential to carry 12 strands of DNA.
There is a large group of geneticists that believes humans are going through a leap of evolution,
which is why our DNA is changing faster than normal. These geneticists claim that we are evolving but they aren’t sure what we are evolving into. Some of the 97 percent of our “junk DNA” is also becoming more active, which could be one of the reasons why we are becoming more intuitive and intelligent.
This mutation of DNA from a double helix into a quadruple helix is predicted to have many affects on human life, including added perception and awareness. These mutations could affect our complete awareness as human beings and help us understand one of our most fundamental questions, how was life created or what is the origin of life?
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