cm0002@literature.cafe to Science@mander.xyz · 5 days agoAll Life On Earth Has One Single Ancestor. It Vanished Without a Trace.www.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up126
arrow-up126external-linkAll Life On Earth Has One Single Ancestor. It Vanished Without a Trace.www.popularmechanics.comcm0002@literature.cafe to Science@mander.xyz · 5 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareartifex@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·5 days agoisn’t all the rest of the life that’s around literally ‘the trace’ ?
minus-squarethenextguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 days agoIf the link is to popular mechanics, it’s clickbait.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI used to love getting that magazine in the mail.
minus-squareporcoesphino@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoBut also, why would we assume it wouldn’t be outcompeted? Most common ancestors are dead / changed somewhat aren’t they?
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoYes. 99.9% of the species to ever live, are gone
isn’t all the rest of the life that’s around literally ‘the trace’ ?
If the link is to popular mechanics, it’s clickbait.
I used to love getting that magazine in the mail.
But also, why would we assume it wouldn’t be outcompeted? Most common ancestors are dead / changed somewhat aren’t they?
Yes. 99.9% of the species to ever live, are gone