Nick Lane, “A Matter of Energy: Biology From First Principles” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Isn't It a Weird Thing That This Toko Is Yet?
All complex life that we know about shares this common ancestor. Once it arose, we think, about two billion years ago. But there's no sign of more complex cells in the fossil record. So maybe there've been several other origins on earth that didn't work out. The argument is that they can all be traced back to that relationship which is called sex.
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