Human Ancestors Caught Herpes From Chimp Ancestors

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Human Ancestors Caught Herpes From Chimp Ancestors

Chimps. Herpes. Cherpes. And you thought “catching it from a toilet seat” was bad…

A herpes virus that infects humans originated in chimpanzees before it jumped into our early human ancestors, according to a new study.

Researchers found that herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infected hominids before their evolutionary split from chimpanzees 6 million years ago, whereas herpes simplex 2 (HSV-2) was transferred from ancient chimpanzees to human ancestors such as Homo erectus about 1.6 million years ago, long before the rise of early modern humans about 200,000 years ago.

via The Evolution of Herpes Revealed. – See more at: http://disinfo.com/2014/06/human-ancestors-caught-herpes-chimp-ancestors/#sthash.hnVKa043.dpuf

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