So a fun thought experiment, we can store information in DNA now.<p>What if information was stored in our DNA thousands or hundreds of thousands of years ago? Anatomically modern humans have been around a while now.<p>How would we go about finding it? If you don't even know something is there or what it would look like if it was there, would be able to find it or even understand it?<p>The information might even present as behavioral instincts, urges or compulsions. The voices people hear in schizophrenia might be a primitive AI asserting itself.<p>As usual Star Trek explored this concept too:<p><a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Chase_(episode)" rel="nofollow">https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Chase_(episode)</a><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favorite_Son_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favorite_Son_(Star_Trek:_Voyag...</a>