If you’ve ever read Richard Dawkins’ Selfish Gene, or pondered your GCSE biology notes in serious contemplation, then you’ve probably got a good idea of who you are and what has led to your presence on Earth. However, to make it all a bit easier to understand, the Science Museum has opened its Who Am I? gallery.
Presenting the latest brain science and genetics research using its regular mix of interactive displays, objects and technology, the Science Museum’s new gallery is bound to push our understanding of evolution.
Ever since Charles Darwin discovered evolution we were given a new way of explaining our existence and with the discovery of DNA & it’s unit of heredity, the gene, we are better placed than ever before to understand what makes us tick.
Who Am I? is free at the Science Museum, London, and its open daily between 10am and 6pm. It was opened on the 26th June 2010 to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the first draft of the human genome (the entirety of a human’s hereditary information stored in DNA split up into around 20,000–25,000 genes).
