(a) Discuss genetics as a source of information of history and government (b) Highlight the limitations of genetics as a source of ...

      

Apart from written sources, non-written sources and electronic sources of information on history and government, another source of information on history and government is genetics.
a) Discuss genetics as a source of information of history and government
b) Highlight the limitations of genetics as a source of information on history and government
c) Briefly explain the advantages of using genetics as a source of information on history and government

  

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Dana
a) Genetics is the scientific study of how characteristics are passed from the parents to the offspring. This is done in human beings, plants and animals.
b) The limitations of using genetics as a source of information on history and government are:
i. In the case of human beings, genetics cannot identify the original culture of mankind
ii. Dating is a problem as it does not give the exact date of movement of human beings, plants and animals
iii. It is very time consuming to study human beings, plants and animals
iv. It is very difficult to locate the original place of the origin of human beings, plants and animals
v. Genetics may be inaccurate as climate may have affected the species and time
vi. This method is expensive as it involves a lot of research
c) The advantages of studying history and government as a source of information on history and government are:
i. Common genes among people may indicate some form of relationship. Genes may distinguish one person from one another
ii. It can help explain when strains of plants and animals came into existence
iii. It helps understand plants and animals from their domestication and their spread. One can tell the first center of domestication
iv. It also deals with the way in which humans beings came to adapt to the circumstances of the environment

Dana05 answered the question on May 5, 2019 at 13:00


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