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All Life on Earth Comes From One Single Ancestor. And It's So Much Older Than We Thought.
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That they say it existed in the middle Hadean is striking. It was grabbing a toehold even when our world was a literal hellscape.
I think it increasingly likely that DNA first formed in space when the ambient temperature of the universe allowed liquid water. How else does a LUCA appear as if life on earth was a fait accompli, in the wake of a collision with another planet no less.
Edit: probably not
Planet: is actively boiling rock
Life: Its free real estate!
Microbes usually like it warm. Actively boiling rock seems like it would be pretty warm.
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