John Endres

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As things stand, it appears that all known life forms can be traced to a single ancestor which lived more than 3 billion years ago. If there were other, independent origins of life, they have left no descendants that we have discovered. And if new ones arose now they would swiftly be eaten, probably by bacteria.
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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