cryshlee@lemm.eecake to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFrom a biological standpoint, are twins the same person?message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareFrom a biological standpoint, are twins the same person?cryshlee@lemm.eecake to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
I am dumb, I am aware. If twins have the same DNA, are they the same person from a biological standpoint?
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat reads to me like the ears are affected differently by the environment (including in the womb). Also the numbers in that article suggest there are over 5 million “collisions” in which two people have ears that their test would say match.
minus-squarecryshlee@lemm.eecakeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s so crazy to me! But I’m guessing if they could match, there must be some margin of error in the test
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIndeed. Some of the margin of error is probably needed since I’m sure ears change over time on the same person if they are measuring that closely
That reads to me like the ears are affected differently by the environment (including in the womb). Also the numbers in that article suggest there are over 5 million “collisions” in which two people have ears that their test would say match.
That’s so crazy to me! But I’m guessing if they could match, there must be some margin of error in the test
Indeed. Some of the margin of error is probably needed since I’m sure ears change over time on the same person if they are measuring that closely