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Comment author: Logos01 05 November 2011 01:47:32AM 1 point [-]

canine venereal sarcoma, which today is an infectious cancer, but was once a dog.

This is now my favourite fact.

Fascinating conjecture; what path of history would be required for that strain of organisms to develop into a tool-manufacturing multicellular organism?

Comment author: DanielVarga 06 November 2011 05:16:33PM 10 points [-]

what path of history would be required for that strain of organisms to develop into a tool-manufacturing multicellular organism?

The first, hard step on that path would probably be surviving outside dogs. At least, I don't want to think about paths that miss this step.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 November 2011 08:58:24PM *  10 points [-]

They seem more probable though. How familiar are you with this parasite?

Could this perhaps work with a brain?

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