{"id":6113,"date":"2015-05-20T11:49:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T09:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=6113"},"modified":"2015-05-20T11:49:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T09:49:05","slug":"travelling-wanderlust-gene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/travelling-wanderlust-gene\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t stop travelling the world? Living on the move? It is in your DNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling an inexplicable urge to grab your pass, check next flight\/train schedule and leave for a new adventure?<br \/>\nIt\u2019s your DRD4-R7 gene, there is nothing you can do about it but follow your genetic star.<\/p>\n<p>According to recent research, the modification of the gene DRD4, the R7 modification, may explain the <strong>inner force to travel<\/strong>, to change scenery and try new experiences some people experience almost incessantly.<br \/>\nMoving, travelling is a characteristic all human beings share to some extent.<br \/>\nOur brains and limbs are designed to travel if compared to those of our faraway ancestors, the apes: our legs are longer, our hips can tolerate the action of walking in an erect position, our brain is larger and feeds on novelties and challenges.<br \/>\nOur close ancestors colonized Europe coming from Africa and traveled long distances.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6113 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/travelling-wanderlust-gene\/walking-along-the-beach-photography-via-pexels-com\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Walking-along-the-beach-photography-via-Pexels.com_-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"footprints on sand\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6118\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6118'>\n\t\t\t\tWalking along the beach photography via Pexels.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/travelling-wanderlust-gene\/in-front-of-the-big-big-world-photography-via-pexels-com\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/In-front-of-the-big-big-world-photography-via-Pexels.com_-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A man looking at the horizon\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6117\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6117'>\n\t\t\t\tIn front of the big big world photography via Pexels.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/travelling-wanderlust-gene\/winding-road-through-the-red-center-of-australia-photography-via-pexels-com\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Winding-road-through-the-red-center-of-Australia-photography-via-Pexels.com_-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Winding road\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6119\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6119'>\n\t\t\t\tWinding road through the red center of Australia photography via Pexels.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\nBoth David Dobbs of National Geographic and Prof Chaunsheng Chen of of UC Irvine&#8217;s School of Education associate the gene modification with individuals whose minds endlessly need new stimuli, novelty and a desire to explore new countries, new societies, new tastes and more. Though human attitudes are the result of more than an element, David Dobbs explains.<br \/>\nOthers have gone even further suggesting that these individuals are incredibly resourceful, creative, pioneering spirits but the flipside of the coin is that they might be utterly out of control.<\/p>\n<p>The topic has been long debated and it looks like <strong>traveling<\/strong>, materially or allegorically speaking, <strong>is someway part of the natural being<\/strong>: it\u2019s the way we human find out the limits of our world (think of the explorers who helped us \u201cconquer\u201d this world) or the limits of our body (think of the climbers who asked about tend to reply to the question why they do it simply saying \u201cbecause the mountain is there and I can climb it\u201d) or even of our mind and spirit (think of the allegorical travel via Hell and Paradise of Dante Allighieri).<br \/>\nGenetical or not, people of all origins and of all times felt the urge to move around our globe and some still are.<br \/>\nThe migrations helped people to get to know different cultures, ideas and attitudes and the combination of different ways of living and thinking has largely impacted on the world as we know it.<br \/>\nEconomically speaking, the industry of travel, and its sister Tourism, are the unique economic department recording two digit growth.<br \/>\nBlame it on genetics, wish for novelty or the \u201csense of ennui\u201d of some bizarre artists we will probably never stop travelling both inside and outside our physical boundaries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6116\" class=\"thumbnail aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Girl-with-a-suitcase.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-6116\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Girl-with-a-suitcase.jpg\" alt=\"Girl with a suitcase\" width=\"619\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Girl-with-a-suitcase.jpg 619w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Girl-with-a-suitcase-536x341.jpg 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Girl-with-a-suitcase-344x219.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Girl with a suitcase photography by ro_buk via Flickr<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling an inexplicable urge to grab your pass, check next flight\/train schedule and leave for a new adventure? 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