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All life on Earth traces back to 1 ancestor, but some genes are even older

Every organism alive on Earth, from oak trees to octopuses to the bacteria in our gut, belongs to a single extended family. Genetic evidence points back to one ancestral cell, a last common forebear ...

Before the first cell existed, who came first? Why scientists now believe in ‘Ghost Genes’ may be older than life itself

Scientists now believe life began long before LUCA. Older organisms, now vanished, passed on vital genetic tools. These ...