Scientists discover some DNA is NOT from our ancestors


Science | 206983 hits | Mar 15 12:28 am | Posted by: N_Fiddledog
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Cambridge researchers say we acquired essential 'foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ancient times. The study challenges conventional views that animal evolution relies solely on genes passed down through ancestral lines -

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  1. by avatar uwish
    Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:53 pm
    ALIENS!

  2. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:55 pm
    Who knew that all those moslem goat f*ckers were on to something? :P

  3. by avatar sandorski
    Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:45 pm
    That some of our DNA comes from Viruses has been known for awhile now.

  4. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:46 am
    That there's a bit of Merino Sheep mixed in with some of the Highlanders should come as no surprise.

  5. by avatar BRAH
    Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:12 am
    This is how The Walking Dead started. We're all infected! 8O

  6. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:20 am
    Sort of Explains the Welsh


    Well....sort of.


    Just realized that Jabber has really pretty blue eyes.

  7. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:28 am
    Don't feel too baaaad about it, Sheepdog. Those sexy ewes are hard to resist when you're all alone up there in the heather.

  8. by avatar BeaverFever
    Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:34 am
    Heather is the Sheep's name?

  9. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:19 am
    "BeaverFever" said
    Heather is the Sheep's name?


    If you stay up there long enough, yes.



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