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perhaps some or all viruses, phages, bacteria, prions - even ourselves- are decended from alien nanotech.
I doubt it, but I don't think we can tell at this stage.
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We should look for patent numbers encoded in DNA! |
I thought that there could be some sort of message left in our or other organisum's DNA. Either from nanobot/viruses or implanted millions of years ago on an alien visit to the planet.
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It might not be all junk. From what I read, viruses that do not kill their hosts often introduce new DNA into the hosts that can be passed down to future generations of the host. Most of this is junk or harmless, but some may actually be the sources of variation (like mutations) upon which natural selection can act - for example, giving a host the ability to make a new protein.