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isn’t all the rest of the life that’s around literally ‘the trace’ ?
If the link is to popular mechanics, it’s clickbait.
I used to love getting that magazine in the mail.
But also, why would we assume it wouldn’t be outcompeted? Most common ancestors are dead / changed somewhat aren’t they?
Yes. 99.9% of the species to ever live, are gone
Tldr: most likely, microbiology was first living thing on earth and as they have no bones they “leave” without trace (fossils). That there really is a common ancestor is not at all proven based on the linked article…
Let me guess, it went out for cigarettes one night.
Milk
Bubbling goo. You can still find bubbling goo on Earth.
