09/27/2023
Wed. Sep. 27, 2023: Is bacteria older than human beings?
Bacteria fossils were known as microscopic organisms or microbes about 300,000 years ago (See link in the reference.)
Coroterally, "How long have humans existed? "Bones of primitive Homo sapiens first appeared about 300,000 years ago in Africa, with brains as large or larger than ours. They're followed by anatomically modern Homo sapiens at least 200,000 years ago…" and brain shape became essentially modern at least so, bacteria preexisted human beings. The premise of this comment is that bacteria and human beings and other living things have a symbiotic relationship or have been in close physical association. Unfortunately, the relationship between bacteria and human beings is not always harmonious. According to the National Institutes of Health.gov) article,cited in the link,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc Editorial titled "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Multiple Roles of Bacteria in Human Life" - PMC: summarized by T. Venkova in 2018, showed that "Despite the vast information available to date and the general belief that bacteria are more harmful than beneficial to the human population, …" the editor disputed the claim by taking the position that "Bacteria are not only considered the cradle of Life, but as revealed by history and centuries of scientific interest, they are the living organisms that affect us, the Humans, most…."
From the moment Antonie van Leeuwenhoek observed for the first time the tiny bacterial cells under the microscope, up until the ongoing sequencing projects on the human microbiome, the microbiologists, virologists, bacteriologists, and other microbe scientists have conducted research studies and experiments to determine the proposition weather bacteria are "good, bad, and ugly to the human beings as they cohabit with the human beings. For instance, in 2019 to the present, our research virologist conducted studies on coronavirus in Wuhan laboratory in China that r
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