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Humans didn't invent agriculture (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I suspect the serious answer is that we produce mucus and sneezing as a natural response to microbes, and that's the environment within which microbes have evolved to take advantage of the mucus and sneezing

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Pretty sure this is exactly correct. I read the Kurzgesagt book Immune recently and it was a fascinating view into how our bodies are really the result of ancient warfare, with constant oneupmanship between us and the environment.

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