Numinous
Philosopher
It is taught that the many many ERV's found in chimps and humans when DNA is examined lead us to conclude that this happened from a comment ancestor.
While this makes perfect sense to me, I still have one question that bugs me.
Is it not probable that humans, chimps and a few other species sharing such close and exact ERV's lived and migrated in the same areas, long long ago, and therefor were exposed to the same environments that lead to the ERV in the first place.
In other words, if a group of species today were around Las Vegas during nuclear testing, is it not reasonable to assume they might share many similarities if the DNA of those species were examined looking for ERV, or other indicators of virus attack?
For those not familiar with ERV, it is a trace of virus found in the DNA of humans and chimps, but at the exact same spots. Not just one ERV, but many ERV's are found, leading to the conclusion it has to share a common ancestor.
So who is the scientist here?
My next question is how do we know after reverse transcription, in other words from RNA to DNA, that the DNA "RANDOMLY" inserts into a hosts chromosomes, as opposed to being inserted specifically? Key word here being comparing random with specific.
While this makes perfect sense to me, I still have one question that bugs me.
Is it not probable that humans, chimps and a few other species sharing such close and exact ERV's lived and migrated in the same areas, long long ago, and therefor were exposed to the same environments that lead to the ERV in the first place.
In other words, if a group of species today were around Las Vegas during nuclear testing, is it not reasonable to assume they might share many similarities if the DNA of those species were examined looking for ERV, or other indicators of virus attack?
For those not familiar with ERV, it is a trace of virus found in the DNA of humans and chimps, but at the exact same spots. Not just one ERV, but many ERV's are found, leading to the conclusion it has to share a common ancestor.
So who is the scientist here?
My next question is how do we know after reverse transcription, in other words from RNA to DNA, that the DNA "RANDOMLY" inserts into a hosts chromosomes, as opposed to being inserted specifically? Key word here being comparing random with specific.
