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Oldest known human viruses found hidden within Neanderthal bones (www.newscientist.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Please keep them there. Do not let the bone viruses out of their prisons.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago

We may already have resistance to them, by sharing up to 2% of neanderthal DNA. Viruses can alter the host genetically, and those mutations are passed on to offspring. Ancient to current viruses make up to 8% of human DNA.

https://www.science.org/content/article/viral-fossils-our-dna-may-help-us-fight-infection

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We found very ancient human viruses! To the lab! Gotta see if we can use them to infect modern humans...

I know that research is generally for good, but why is it so hard to tell if a quote is from an actual researcher or a comics super-villain?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

The two aren't always mutually exclusive.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Coming to an antivaxxer near you!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Covid -48000

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

bc.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Hell of a cliff hanger for a paid article.

"Scientists find three ancient viruses. They think they can infect modern human cells with them." The end.

Wtf. Are they gonna accidentally murder humanity next? What happens after?! Are we gonna die!?

To be continued...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Hopefully ^^

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Uh oh...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Do you want a zombie apocalypse? Because that's how you get a zombie apocalypse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

No, that was just Marjorie Taylor Greene. Easy mistake to make.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Release them! Release them! 👏👏👏

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What they do to my boy Jason Momoa?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Look how they massacred my boy