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LUCA, our Last Universal Common Ancestor (2)

LUCA, our Last Universal Common Ancestor (2)

The article below makes me wonder if I should reconsider my complexity vs simplicity blogs. The default in life, nature and the universe appears to be complexity. Moreover, it also suggest there's a blueprint in life, nature and the universe. Also see my 2025 blog: Is a Universal design likely? Obviously, an organism with an "early immune system" that was "fighting...

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What if LUCA is older than Earth?

In 2016, I published my blog: LUCA, our Last Universal Common Ancestor. A recent Aeon article stated that life "emerged far earlier, and far quicker, than we once thought possible". Current estimates: "LUCA lived between 4.09 and 4.33 billion years ago [..]." Earth's age is 4.54 billion years. What if LUCA will - once - be estimated as older than Earth ??...

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The viral role in the blueprint of Life

The 2022 Quanta article below, A Billion Years Before Sex, Ancient Cells Were Equipped for It, is rather technical to read. Nevertheless, it's a must-read as it reveals several very important issues. Most importantly, this article supports my theory that viruses play an important - if not essential - role in Evolution and in the blueprint of Life. The article does...

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LUCA, our Last Universal Common Ancestor

For quite some time, I have been wondering about the possibilities of (human) gene dating. Genes are organic material. Radiocarbon dating of organic material usually allows for a maximum period of 50,000 years (Wiki). Finding ancient organic material requires specific circumstances, like deep frozen in the Arctic or Antarctic, or ancient fossils that contain organic...

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