A genetic Theory regarding vampirism

Vampires: A Genetic Theory

Much has been theorised about the development and history of vampires. Do they exist, what powers do they have and where does one acquire vampirism?

For the record, yes I believe vampires exist. They are in modern society and can be anybody, from the corporate worker to the student, from the shipyard worker to the politician. What I want to write about here is my theory of how vampiric traits are acquired.

The usual vampire has the traditional senses (i.e. those of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch) at a higher operating level than those of ‘normal’ humans, but what really sets them apart is the increased ESP (extra-sensory perception), which varies in manifestation from individual vampire to the next. A strong empathic sense (the ability to sense other’s emotions) is quite common, some vampires also display a very strong telepathic sense (ability to read other’s thoughts). Now these traits have one primary usage –the acquisition of prey. Because vampires are predators and they are predators after the most cunning species of all – man. Is it any wonder that these abilities are needed?
But where did all these abilities come from? In all of us lies our DNA (deoxyribosenucleicacid), which is the genetic building block for practically all of what we are. I believe that this must contain the answer to why vampires exist.

Human DNA is a highly complex series of instructions, what is puzzling to modern scientists is not all of this ‘code’ is used. A lot of it is completely inactive. The reason for this inactive code is ancestral DNA. We contain a lot of genes and gene structure(called operons) that were needed back in our very distant past, but are no longer relevant to us. For example, in our distant history we had tails. We no longer have these but we DO have the code for them in one form or another. There are literally thousands of instructions that we carry that in a normal life would never be switched on.

But in the case of vampires, I believe that some instructions have been switched on. This could be due to a number of different factors. The gene sequences that switch on these latent genes could be inherited from the family line, also the genes could mutate into an active form. There is, after all, plenty of external factors in this day and age that cause gene mutation.

If you look at vampiric abilities from a Darwinian point of view (survival of the fittest) they make a lot of sense. Heightened senses enable you to capture more prey with less risk to yourself. And for early man, blood from other men would be an extremely good food source. It’s rich, laden with fat and calories and would provide an early human with a meal far better than the roots and animal flesh that the other’s were eating.

So why did they become so rare? Well, basically they didn’t provide so much of an advantage any more. Man became more intelligent and developed tools for hunting which equalised a lot of the natural advantages a vampire had. The ability to use tools to bring down larger game and the development of farming meant that the most advantageous food source no longer became the blood of others. And so the vampires lost their abilities.

But the code remained. And in some people today, this code is still active, providing the world once again with the most cunning predator it has ever seen.

this is just my view

swore I posted on this maybe there was a roll back, but just wanted to give my thoughts. My feelings is it's a bit more a spirit thing, the reason for that is because there is really no benifit from needing energy and blood, evloution would have most likely (i feel) ether gotten rid of the gene or found a easier way to get what we need.

The other problem with the gene idea i think is the fact that buried genes pop up even rarer then their are vampires. case in point the gene that cause massive hair growth on the body that in humans is turned off some times pops up but this type of thing is so rare there are only a dozen cases of this happening

again just my ideas i wanted to point out

[Eclecta]

Both very interesting theories..

i have a theory it's rather long and has a few holes to it but when i get free time i will write it up

Verry interesting, i will take my time and post my theory on this ^^ i just love debates like this one

There a few vamp around, that have it in theier families, I'm one of them, I know quite a few others. Its not a concrete theory, and Shadowpsi's theory is also possible, hell, could even be likely. I guess until someone does an in depth, in person study into vamps and thier family histories, noone will ever know for sure.

[Camazotz]

Slyder, myself and a few others had a looong debate going on (before the site went down) on theories for vampirism- hopefully will be able to resurrect these posts in the not too distant future and get that ball rolling again.

Cama

during conseption(sp?) they have found that there is a spark of some sort i have felt that this is almost like an energy DNA that is transfered so it could be a gene just not a type we understand yet

The human DNA and the Human Genome are still mysteries to science, they're been unlocked to a degree, but there is still SO much we have to know.

I still think it has some link with death at birth since many people here had that happen hey i need to make those pols again