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Creatures down there have been separated from life up here for ever, we need to get the DNA sequenced for some of them, we may find some shocking discoveries of
by maeon3 15y ago
Creatures down there have been separated from life up here for ever, we need to get the DNA sequenced for some of them, we may find some shocking discoveries of our ancestors 500 million years ago. Are there plans to bring back animal samples?
- brandall10 15y agoIt says "It also has robotic arms, allowing him to collect samples of rocks and soils". So a definitely maybe :)
- gort 15y agoHmm. If anything I'd expect them to have evolved a lot of interesting deep-sea adaptations that should render them rather unlike our 500 MYA ancestors... remember they've had just as long to evolve to their peculiar environment as we have. Still, you've got me thinking about this question. I would think the present-day fish that most resembles our ancestor of that time ought to be something less exotic. Perhaps something like a hagfish.
- pclark 15y agoIt is very difficult to collect animal samples from such great depths - the pressure difference. It is one of the reasons as to why giant squids are so mysterious.
- bradhe 15y agoLift at that depth is few and far between.
- maaku 15y agoHow do you know?