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M.D. Holloway 02-20-2017 06:00 AM
Ancient Microbes found in Crystals
 
Scientists find 50,000-year-old microbes in Mexican caves - The Boston Globe

Ancient Microbes found in Crystals - Amazing.

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...scientists have discovered life trapped in crystals that could be 50,000 years old.
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The life forms — 40 different strains of microbes and even some viruses — are so unusual that their nearest relatives are still 10 percent different genetically. That makes their closest relative still pretty far away, about as far away as humans are from mushrooms, Boston said.
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This isn’t the oldest extreme life. Several years ago, a different group of scientists published studies about microbes that may be half a million years old and still alive. Those were trapped in ice and salt, which isn’t quite the same as rock or crystal, Boston said.

Fast Freddy 944 02-20-2017 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway (Post 9480785)
Fasicinating;)......

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GG Allin 02-20-2017 07:38 AM
Viruses trapped in crystals, I'm comfortable leaving them trapped in crystals.

Fast Freddy 944 02-20-2017 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by GG Allin (Post 9480903)
Viruses trapped in crystals, I'm comfortable leaving them trapped in crystals.
Another dang flu shot coming up!:D

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legion 02-20-2017 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by GG Allin (Post 9480903)
Viruses trapped in crystals, I'm comfortable leaving them trapped in crystals.
I'm pretty sure some zombie movie start this way.

Fast Freddy 944 02-20-2017 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by legion (Post 9480999)
I'm pretty sure some zombie movie start this way.
Or Ancient aliens! LOL!:D

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MBAtarga 02-20-2017 12:16 PM
^^^

Not foreheads but fiveheads?

Tervuren 02-20-2017 12:30 PM
They probably have lieuelevenant's to lead them too.

kach22i 02-20-2017 02:50 PM
Science is always changing, you just cannot trust it.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/18/scientists-find-year-old-microbes-mexican-caves/34CzW361KG9yavD8xB3ZMN/story.html
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Though they were presented at a science conference and the result of nine years of work, the findings haven’t yet been published in a scientific journal and haven’t been peer-reviewed. Boston planned more genetic tests for the microbes she revived both in the lab and on site.............................

It’s not the only unusual life forms Boston is examining. She is also studying microbes commonly found in caves in the United States, Ukraine, and elsewhere that eat copper sulfate and seem to be close to indestructible.

‘‘It’s simply another illustration of just how completely tough Earth life is,’’ Boston said.


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