{"id":1684,"date":"2003-08-14T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-15T00:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2003-08-14T20:07:00","modified_gmt":"2003-08-15T00:07:00","slug":"hello-rats-bye-bye-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2003\/08\/14\/20\/07\/hello-rats-bye-bye-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Rats, Bye Bye Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

So according to a new genetic study, humans are more similar to rodents than to cats<\/a>. And there’s definitely something funky going on with all the “junk” DNA coding that’s not incorporated into any known genes. Isn’t nature marvellous? I am reminded of Greg Bear’s Blood Music<\/a><\/i>, one of the best early examples of the biological singularity fable<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So according to a new genetic study, humans are more similar to rodents than to cats. And there’s definitely something funky going on with all the “junk” DNA coding that’s not incorporated into any...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t