Humans 'could evolve snake-like ability to spit venom', bombshell study discovers

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The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox Mankind could – if environmental conditions were just right – evolve to spit potentially deadly venom as a self-defence mechanism, a new study has claimed.Scientists have found the genetic foundation needed for oral venom to evolve is present in both reptiles and mammals, and said their study shows the first concrete evidence of a link between venom glands in snakes and salivary glands in mammals.The research, published in the PNAS journal, indicates that while neither humans or mice are venomous currently, our genomes have the potential under certain ecological conditions.Study author Agneesh Barua joked: "It definitely gives a whole.