Evidence of 90M-year-old rainforest uncovered beneath Antarctic ice

Re:Evidence of 90M-year-old rainforest uncovered beneath Ant... by benfrain on Friday April 03, 2020 @09:50AM (#22769095)

Anyone else wonder what kind of horrors are currently frozen down there. I’m thinking smallpox and other problems we believed were gone for good.

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Re:Evidence of 90M-year-old rainforest uncovered beneath Ant... by LandR on Friday April 03, 2020 @12:30PM (#22770961)

Would an ancient virus be any harm to modern humans? Or would we be too different to what was around millions of years ago for it to be a le to survive and infect people?

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Re:Evidence of 90M-year-old rainforest uncovered beneath Ant... by pvaldes on Friday April 03, 2020 @08:51PM (#22775307)

I think so. We can be modern, but we still breath exactly like any other mammal, including prehistoric species. Our methabolic routes are shared with lots of other species, extant and extinct

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Re:Evidence of 90M-year-old rainforest uncovered beneath Ant... by anon_cow1111 on Friday April 03, 2020 @11:52AM (#22770494)

I'm guessing all kinds of viruses and bacteria that evolved to infect whatever was living 90mil years ago.

But there's always a chance of also finding a buried spaceship.

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Re:Evidence of 90M-year-old rainforest uncovered beneath Ant... by whateveracct on Friday April 03, 2020 @12:14PM (#22770766)

or a stargate ;)

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