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Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of eukaryotes, the domain of life defined by cells with a membrane-bound nucleus, which includes all animals, plants, fungi, and insects. If they unravel ...

The mystery of life’s beginnings has long captivated scientists. Central to that search is LUCA—the last universal common ancestor. LUCA sits at the root of the evolutionary tree, where two great ...

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All complex life forms on Earth, including plants and animals, are made up of eukaryotic cells; they are more sophisticated than bacterial or archaeal cells, which are prokaryotic. Eukaryotes have ...

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A digital representation illustrating how LUCA was already under attack from viruses even at 4.2 billion years ago. Credit: Science Graphic Design A University of Bristol-led study found that life on ...

An exciting new study reveals that life on Earth might have already flourished within a few hundred million years of the planet’s formation. Everything alive today derives from a single common ...

Scientists have traced the origins of life on Earth to approximately 4.2 billion years ago, shedding light on the Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA. This discovery, published in Nature Ecology & ...