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Evidence of 1-Billion-Year-Old 'Lost World' of Microbes Discovered Beneath Australian Outback (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[โ€“] dear_faye@halubilo.social 2 points 1 year ago

While utterly fascinating, my inexperience self wonders how it's going to be like if these microbes somehow interact with a modern organic being assuming a lot has changed in a billion years biologically. Torn between wanting to find out... and not wanting to open that pandora's box.

[โ€“] Zebov@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean that's kinda the entire point of microbes - evolve and change to suit the environment. Radically different environment = radically different bacteria and viruses.