Still Waters Posted May 22, 2015 #1 Share Posted May 22, 2015 A living yeast that is part human and part fungus has been engineered by scientists in a feat that shows how, despite a billion years of evolution separating humans from yeast, the two species share hundreds of genes in common. Those genes remain, in part, from the last common ancestor of humans and yeast. http://news.discover...east-150521.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted May 22, 2015 #2 Share Posted May 22, 2015 It's interesting to say the least. Yet my mind always goes into the weird direction with stuff like this. What if the fungi/yeast became sentient? Long after the human species wiped itself off the earth a new species took over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalmoxis Posted May 22, 2015 #3 Share Posted May 22, 2015 That is intriguing. I like the photo in the article. I wonder though if distributed over a large area if this human yeast can act as an extra-sensory blanket on our perceptions or somehow a photo-genic extension of our already quantum capable brains. Sort of like how powerlines segue the power plant to your house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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