BlackTrans-Proud t1_ixg72l6 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 4:58 AM

You reckon cellular life forms would wait out nuclear fallout underground?

If not immediately sterilizing you dont suppose enough radiation over time would cause cumulative damage to DNA & their evolution?

Few_Cat4214 t1_ixg82j3 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 5:08 AM

A hell of a lot more than cells survived Chicxulub, I doubt we could even threaten all mammalian life, let alone the bacteria.

Tardigrades would survive at least.

"damage" and changes to dna is exactly how evolution works

A predictable and steady level of cosmic particles hitting dna though

There have been life forms found to use a form of melanin to actually absorb and use radiation as an energy source, in the chernobyl core.

holy shit, like some kind of extreme photosynthesis based on gamma?

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