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cm0002@literature.cafe to Science@mander.xyz · 5 months ago

All Life On Earth Has One Single Ancestor. It Vanished Without a Trace.

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All Life On Earth Has One Single Ancestor. It Vanished Without a Trace.

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cm0002@literature.cafe to Science@mander.xyz · 5 months ago
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Scientists are using molecular clocks and genomic data to trace the origins of LUCA and LECA—life’s earliest common ancestors.
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    But also, why would we assume it wouldn’t be outcompeted? Most common ancestors are dead / changed somewhat aren’t they?

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      Yes. 99.9% of the species to ever live, are gone

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