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Life as we know it descended from a single cell. What do we know about LUCA?
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/1225172117/life-species-luca-ancestors
Imagine the tree of life. The tip of every branch represents one species, whether you're talking about humans, E. coli, tardigrades, baker's yeast or giant kelp.
If you follow any two branches back through time, you'll hit an intersection. That's the common ancestor of those two species. For example, the common ancestor of humans and chimps lived less than 10 million years ago.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/853858
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/1225172117/life-species-luca-ancestors
Imagine the tree of life. The tip of every branch represents one species, whether you're talking about humans, E. coli, tardigrades, baker's yeast or giant kelp.
If you follow any two branches back through time, you'll hit an intersection. That's the common ancestor of those two species. For example, the common ancestor of humans and chimps lived less than 10 million years ago.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/853858