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Would be fascinating if it turns out to be half as important as gut bacteria. Maybe certain human breakthroughs like the rise of civilization could one day be a
by flukus 8y ago
Would be fascinating if it turns out to be half as important as gut bacteria. Maybe certain human breakthroughs like the rise of civilization could one day be attributed to a bacterial infection. And then the inverse, changing diets and the brain biome might lead to their collapse.
- chiefalchemist 8y agoI've thought the same of viruses as well. If the Zika virus can cause brain damage, perhaps there was another virus (and/or microbe) at some point that made us smarter.