Tetrachromat: capable of seeing visual stimuli on the colour spectrum that are indistinguishable to the normal trichromat ie; you or me
Genetic mutation that allows human lungs to filter smoke and be close to fire, better suited to survive in smoggy cities.
Accompanying spot for illustration 6.
Accompanying spot for illustration 9.
Myostatin: a naturally present protein that inhibits muscle growth, but some people are born without it allowing for superior innate strength.
Sensory Processing Sensitivity: A neurological difference that enables 1 in 5 to process the world around them more deeply and experience stronger sensations.
High altitude adaptation: Tibetans have evolved a unique ability to live at high altitudes without complications over a remarkably short 3000 years, whereas individuals accustomed to living at low-level altitudes would face sickness and even death living at the same heights.
Erythropoietin receptor gene mutation: allows for 50% more oxygen to be carried in blood, leads to super endurance.
A mutation on the gene hDEC2 allows people with this mutation to sleep only 4 hours a night.
Ozzy Osbourne has the first documented case of a genetic variation that allows the consumption of insane amounts of drugs with relatively little impact to health and wellness.
