Genetically Wrapped

Exploring Humanity's Evolutionary Development

  • Pseudogenes – Reliving the Past

    Pseudogenes – Reliving the Past

    Genetic engineering is often criticised for being a manipulative activity, for involving ourselves in Nature’s ways, for tampering with our humanity despite being unaware or uncertain of the consequences. Yet there may be one area of genetic tinkering that we could pursue which would not necessarily be so questionable, so indeterminate, so risky. That is […]

  • Nature’s Arms Race

    Nature’s Arms Race

    In an environment characterised by change, a species cannot afford to stand still. Genetic lethargy, genetic detachment or genetic derogation risks evolutionary demise. Certainly, in the evolutionary world, nothing good comes out of doing nothing. Evolution is a transitional process. The adoption of individual change drives wider change, environmental change. This spurs further individual change […]

  • Society’s Evolutionary Vulnerability

    Society’s Evolutionary Vulnerability

    Society has an intrinsic flaw, a weakness that generates a perilous vulnerability, something that, ultimately, may well threaten humanity’s existence. And although it may sound rather melodramatic, even scaremongering, by observing societal development we can see that there is an evolutionary logic to it. Society was created as our defensive mechanism to protect us from […]

  • The Right Partner for Reproductive Success

    The Right Partner for Reproductive Success

    Reproduction, the passing on of our genes to another generation, is life’s most important task. As decreed by Nature, it is the very purpose of our existence. And yet, all species have limited opportunities for reproduction. An individual has to reach a certain level of maturity; they may have to wait until the environmental conditions […]

  • Genetic Performance and Mutational Opportunity

    Genetic Performance and Mutational Opportunity

    When opportunity arises, some people will grasp their chance, many will not believe or trust their luck, whilst others will sit back and let the opportunity pass or have it taken away from them. Fate may deliver new possibilities but whether or not those possibilities prove fruitful will depend on the individual. The same may […]

  • Sci-fi Genetics – Correcting the Vision

    Sci-fi Genetics – Correcting the Vision

    Watching futuristic sci-fi films often proves quite problematic for me. A large proportion of the population always seem to be missing. Where are all the ugly, over-weight, bespectacled, disabled people? They no longer seem to exist. I can only presume that they must have been transferred into some “Wellsian” underworld. But maybe not; maybe there […]

  • Genetic Luck – A Favoured Humanity?

    Genetic Luck – A Favoured Humanity?

    Right here; right now. What are the odds? So often – too often – we take our existence for granted. It didn’t have to be like this. We didn’t have to be here; we didn’t have to be here in this state of being. Things could have turned out very differently. In Nature there are […]

  • Genetic Intensification – The Drive to Extremes

    Genetic Intensification – The Drive to Extremes

    If something works then you will persist in doing that something. You may even try to enhance or extend that something. In fact, the more you can do of that something then the better it should be for you. It’s tried and tested. Why would you do anything different? This is not only a natural […]

  • Contracted to Society

    Contracted to Society

    If we want society to support us then we have to support society. That is the basis of our contractual relationship with society. Society will look after us but we must also look after society. Society gives us rights and protections as individuals, support and benefits when we’re in need, a living environment that is […]