A team from a research vessel dug into deep-sea trenches and discovered an unknown fungal substance, and brought it up ...


    On testing, they revitalized dormant microbes, which survived a remarkable amount of time, back to the dawn of early humans.


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    They celebrated their possible discovery for life extension.


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    Sometime during early human evolution:


    Gootahex mixed a strange fungus with his blood and set it overnight.


    In the morning, some tribal members touched the fungus, and it consumed all their flesh.


    Gootahex sealed the fungus in a container and tossed it into a river.


    Gootahex decreed no touch of fungus.