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Do they live on the second floor?

So weird to think we share a ancestor with mushrooms, trees and jellyfish.

> All Life on Earth Today Descended from a Single Cell. Meet LUCA

I thought it was Adam. /d

LUCA have 2600 genes ? How such thing can be even remotely called "first" ??

So many assumptions are necessary for this type of research, particularly for the timing. Inferring such an early age depends on a "clock" that varies based on the stringency of purifying selection. I.e., it is only clock-like to the degree that competition and the level of biological systems integration were essentially static through time.

what a hard article to read.. not the biggest fan of TNR