A 40-million year-old virus has been found... incorporated into the human genome!
According to Keizo Tomonaga of Osaka University in Japan, "Human DNA carries the artifact of an infection so ancient that it predates humanity itself. The brain-attacking disease, known as bornavirus, infected proto-hominids forty million years ago. It may provide evidence of how our evolutionary ancestors dealt with infection."
He also suggests, "...bornavirus may have evolutionary implications for humans. The wave of infection that struck our protohominid ancestors forty million years ago may have led to either genetic mutation or adaptive innovation"
And, "As per usual in evolutionary biology, there are countless more questions than answers, but this serves as a useful reminder that humanity's evolutionary history depends on far more species than just our own."
Viruses that not only force our cells to replicate THEM, but actually BECOME PART of the DNA?!? I wonder how often this sort of "natural genetic engineering" has happened in our evolutionary history. Obviously, it began FAR earlier than the primate branch known as hominids began to bud. Therefore, perhaps we will find it in Chimps, Bonobos or Gorillas... just one more thread in the warp and woof of the fabric of our evolutionary journey.
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Comments: 63
So, I'm not that smart after all, ya see! :-)
I was reading on Friday also about a theory that includes viral genetic material in our supposed evolution, so I just had to come here to see if Chuck was picking up on that.
Interesting stuff Chuck. As you know, I remain unconvinced, but would still love to be kept up to date.
Aint science fun?
Could either you or Chuck please keep me up to date on this?
If you wish to know Gary, just ask. It's a very short, one paragraph reason. I actually use the evidence in the fossil record.
The source of the seeding is not for this thread. Your observation communicated on another thread suggests that God did not do it. I did not disagree with you in that thread. He really did not do it. I got creationists upset with me for saying that, even though I quoted from the Bible where it clearly said that He did not do it.
'And why would you accept that they "...have evolved to what we see around us today."? and yet have trouble with evolution's basic tenets'? The observations and the time line do not fit the logical predictions:
The changes should have been gradual. They were too sudden.
The degree of differences observed required very massive, radical, complex, detailed and extremely accurate adjustments in the genetic codes. Yet the observations are that they were done with very great precision and efficiency. That logically suggests that they were either very deliberate, carefully controlled and orchestrated by an intelligence or they were separate creations.
The one who did it is clearly limited in his abilities as you and others have very logically pointed out more than once. Only RNA and DNA, no other nucleic acids nor other class of chemicals. The same code repeated in numerous, even unrelated species etc.
I just tried to return to the Illuminati Web Site and notice that it has been changed.
Thanks for posting to Triple Name Club.
Just because we have viral DNA in our genome does not mean we are sick, we have some fruit fly DNA too but very I see very few people with little wings trying to lay eggs in pieces of fruit.
It is such a fascinating subject, thanks for the post. And then there is the fact that humans, chimpanzees and bonobos have very simliar DNA and are very different physically and culturally. I hope it is not too late for us to rid ourselves of some of the foolish things we believe about ourselves.