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Virus Hunters
Biologists Mark Young looks me straight in the eye, sizing me up, wondering if I am prepared for what he is about to say. We are standing, in a barren landscape, a wasteland. Steam pours from the ground, blanketing us, and there's a strong stench of sulfur in the air. Nearby hot springs gurgle and churn with water that can reach in access of 200 degrees Fahrenheit, and some pools are so acidic that they would instantly burn human flesh. Young is a virus hunter. And he and his hunting partner, chemist Trevor Douglas, venture to some of the most extreme environments on Earth in pursuit of their quarry.
I anxiously wait for Young to speak; he draws a deep breath, and then says, "Look, I think it's really easy to come to the conclusion, and I've come there, that we are viruses."
Humans are viruses? What could that possibly mean?
Young's statement isn't the only shocking declaration I've heard lately. I'm producing a film that investigates a startling new idea that posits that viruses are a major driver - and perhaps the major driver--in the evolution of life on Earth.
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