[lbo-talk] Evolutionary Surprise: Eight Percent Of Human Genetic Material Comes From A Virus

Joseph Catron jncatron at gmail.com
Thu Jan 7 10:40:21 PST 2010


I usually refrain from posting geeky science news here, but this seemed weird and cool enough to justify an exception.

"About eight percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to researchers in Japan and the U.S."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100107103621.htm

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