Re: [Geology2] Re: The end is nigh, 2.5 billion years ago

Well this is interesting...would there be that many viruses? Were there plagues that swept the animal kingdom periodically? Have there been any ancient viruses found? Fascinating subject. Allison

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From: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
To: Geology2 <geology2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Geology2] Re: The end is nigh, 2.5 billion years ago

 

Also, just because HIV is a primate disease now does not in any way limit it's having been in other critters in the past. It is quite conceivable that 10 million years ago it wasn't even a monkey disease but was primarily found in another mammal type. Viri are notorious for their mutations.

On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:50 AM, sactovic <sactovic@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Not as much of a reach as you might think. There is a disease called feline immunodeficiency virus that affects many modern cats worldwide, and is closely related to human immunodeficiency virus.

Vic

--- In geology2@yahoogroups.com, Allison Maricelli-Loukanis <allison.ann@...> wrote:
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> That sounds like a reach...I wouldn't think that AIDS info would come from a saber toothed cat...since I think it started out as a monkey disease. Allison
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> From: sactovic <sactovic@...>
> To: geology2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 1:14 PM
> Subject: [Geology2] Re: The end is nigh, 2.5 billion years ago
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> I used to be a reporter and once wrote a story about a researcher who was trying to find some evidence in saber-toothed cat's bones from the La Brea tar pits that he hoped would shed some light on the origin of human AIDS. Don't know if he ever did, but the best part of the interview was his dscription of how much his student assistants HATED cleaning the tar off of those bones so they could be examined properly.
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> Vic
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> --- In geology2@yahoogroups.com, Allison Maricelli-Loukanis <allison.ann@> wrote:
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> > Oh this was lovely... I would love to visit this place. Allison
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> > From: Lin Kerns <linkerns@>
> > To: Geology2 <geology2@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Geology2] Re: The end is nigh, 2.5 billion years ago
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> > Yes, Vic... it's the LaBrea Tar Pits in LA. and they have their own website:
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> > http://www.tarpits.org/
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> > Enjoy,
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> > Lin
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> > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:42 AM, sactovic <sactovic@> wrote:
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> > >Well done piece, except I can't find a reference to what museum she's talking about. I Presume it's the Page at the tar pits, but maybe not? Is there any other paleontology museum in LA or San Diego?
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> > >Vic
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> > >
> > >--- In geology2@yahoogroups.com, Lin Kerns <linkerns@> wrote:
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> > >> The end is nigh, 2.5 billion years ago
> > >> By Minda Berbeco on June 4, 2013
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> > >> position at a paleontology museum here in California, because let's be
> > >> serious, dinosaurs rule.
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