I forgot how cartoonishly large size 12 arial looks printed out oops this paper is really obviously not four full pages
Ancient Human Oral Microbiome Found in Dental Calculus
An analysis of ancient oral microbiome ecology and function, led by the University of Zürich, the University of Copenhagen, and the University of York has discovered a microbiome preserved on the teeth of skeletons around 1,000 years old. The dental calculus preserves bacteria and microscopic particles of food on the surfaces of teeth, effectively creating a mineral tomb for microbiomes.
The research published in Nature Genetics reveals that unlike bone which rapidly loses much of its molecular information when buried, calculus grows slowly in the mouth and enters the soil in a much more stable state helping it to preserve biomolecules. This enabled the researchers, led by Dr Christina Warinner, to analyse ancient DNA that was not compromised by the burial environment.
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hey guys remember when macklemore freed all of us
Well, it was only a matter of time.
nyerrrrrrrrrrrrherher
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THEY MISSED THE BEST PART OF THE JOKE OMG
Blonde lady: What about (whatever room)?
Mrs. Addams: Salmon.
Blonde lady (cheering up): Oh, pink?
Mrs. Addams: No.. Scales…
It’s so wild to me that we’re neurologically wired to find certain facial proportions “cute” like that shit is mad cray
THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE THEIR EYES OPEN BUT THEY YAWN TOGETHER OH MY GOD MY HEART HAS EXPLODED.
ON TODAY’S EDITION OF NEXT LEVEL SHIT THAT LIVES IN THE OCEAN
Frilled Shark: Chlamydoselachus anguineus
These are fairly uncommon sharks of the order Hexanchiformes, meaning that their closest living relatives are cow sharks (there’s currently speculation in the scientific community upon whether or not frilled sharks should be moved into their own separate order).
Frilled sharks are primitive. How primitive? Primitive as balls. Sensationalists refer to them as “living fossils”, but I prefer to think of them as having won the game of life for hundreds of millions of years. These motherfuckers were most likely alive before Tyrannosaurs ever walked the earth and they’re still fucking here. For some perspective, the earliest hominids arose about 4.5 million years ago. Frilled sharks have about 180 million years on us.
Their mouths are terminal, a really unusual characteristic in modern sharks—only a few other extant species share this trait. Frilled sharks are also thought to have a gestation period of 3.5 years; if true, this would be the longest known gestation period of all vertebrates.
These guys are thought by some to be the origin of the sea serpent myth—their specific epithet, anguineus, is derived from the Latin word for “snakelike”.
Their teeth are the biological personification of that feeling you get when you stick your finger into the straw opening of a drink cup or the opening of a wet wipe dispenser and you realize you’ve fucked up worse than anyone else ever has.
Sharks are so damn cool.
Primitive as balls
Ayyyyyyyyy
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