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nopassrecover
on Sept 4, 2011
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Crypt of Civilization
A bit incidental, but would there be any risk of a sealed time capsule delivering viruses/bacteria to the future?
josscrowcroft
on Sept 4, 2011
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That's the first thing I thought of as well - immunity to certain basic things might have evolved out by then.
I wonder whether bacteria or viruses could survive that long in those conditions?
rubinelli
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Some bacteria can hibernate for millions of years in spore form. There was some speculation that the "Curse of the Pharaos" was caused by pathogenic bacteria or fungus-produced toxins, so yes, anyone opening that crypt should better be careful.
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