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1. Maybe We're Not Infested With Aliens.

Author

wallace-wells, david

Subjects
*HUMAN body, *HUMAN behavior, *VIRUSES, *DNA
Abstract

The article discusses the paper, titled "Humans As Superorganisms," by Peter Kramer and Paola Bressan of the University of Padua in Italy. Topics tackled in the paper include the selfish entities in the human body, the effects of superoganisms on human behavior, viruses and parasitic diseases that colonized the DNA, foreign human cells, and the phenomenon called parasitic or vanishing twins.

Published
2015

2. Maybe We're Not Infested With Aliens.

Author

wallace-wells, david

Subjects
*HUMAN beings, *CHIMERISM, *HUMAN DNA, *HUMAN genes, *PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract

The article discusses the highlights of the paper "Humans as Superorganisms" by psychologists research scientist Peter Kramer and Paola Bressan of the University of Padua. Topics covered include the case of American woman Lydia Fairchild who reportedly exhibits chimerism, the emergence of the superorganism theory, and the kind of twin growth called fetus-in-fetu. It also discusses the viruses and parasitic diseases that could affect a person's DNA.

Published
2015

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