The hunt for LUCA: the Last Universal Common Ancestor was from over 4.3 billion years ago
New research narrows down the emergence of LUCA, the common ancestor of all life on Earth, to over 4.3 billion ...
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Human activity might undo more than 50 billion years of evolution
At least 50 billion years worth of unique evolutionary history is at risk, a new study found.
Tree of life expanded to match reality: two third of all diversity is bacterial
Most of the life we see around us -- plants, animals, humans and other so-called eukaryotes -- actually comprise a ...
Scientists develop new tree of life, with all known organisms
After years of analyzing and reclassifying some 2.3 million species, a group of international researchers from eleven institutions were able ...
Comb jellies could be the earliest ancestors of all animals
With their eerie, translucent and soft bodies, their translucent and intricate shapes and bizarre bioluminescent displays, comb jellies are among ...