[ **up: [[Genetics]]| [[Human evolution]]** ] --- # Switched-off genes in humans [[2024-1229. Humans have the latent ability to 'regenerate damaged sensory organs like the eye'; however, the gene is switched off.|Humans have the latent ability to 'regenerate damaged sensory organs like the eye'; however, the gene is switched off.]][^1] [^1]: ‘Humans have the genes to REGROW their own eyes – they just got switched off through evolution’, 9 October 2020, *CubaSi*, https://cubasi.cu/en/news/humans-have-genes-regrow-their-own-eyes-they-just-got-switched-through-evolution.