How can ancient bacteria resist antibiotics that didn't exist when it was alive? In this clip from Infinite Rabbit Hole episode 266, Jeremy, Jake, and CJ discuss the baffling discovery of ancient bacteria that shows resistance to modern antibiotics designed to kill bacteria. This shouldn't be possible—yet it is.
This conversation explores what this discovery means for our understanding of bacterial evolution, antibiotic resistance, and whether there's something we're missing about how life adapts. When bacteria from thousands of years ago can resist drugs invented in the last century, it challenges everything we thought we knew about evolutionary timelines and biological resistance.
From Episode IRH 266
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