• @[email protected]
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    135 months ago

    Perhaps an artifact from an earlier abiogenesis event that cannibalized itself before our own evolutionary tree started?

    • @[email protected]
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      235 months ago

      I believe the theory is that viruses have evolved from other life forms multiple times. Basically a DNA sequence gone rogue.

      • VindictiveJudge
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        175 months ago

        Like if your computer got a glitch that caused it to burn CDs that, when inserted into another computer, gave it a glitch that caused it to burn CDs that, when inserted into another computer, etc.