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A friend believes that studying the genetics of dead organisms offers little benefit to modern-day humans. Do you agree with this statement? Use information from the article to support your argument.

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Studying the genetic ancestry of humans can help explain why some people have a higher or lower risk of certain diseases. Finding the genes related to certain diseases will help fuel new drugs and therapies. For example, the article explains that people with six copies of CLPS genes seem to have a lower risk of diabetes.

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plato answer you might want to change it up a little

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No, I don’t agree (there’s no article so you have to find the evidence)
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