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Scientists from King's College London identified five 'fossil viruses' associated with depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
The ancient viruses, called Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs), have been previously known but were seen as 'junk DNA' with no purpose.
Researchers said that the sequences are hundreds of thousands of years old, meaning they could have originated in Neanderthals .
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