Born in a watery commune

John Whitfield

Nature, 2004, vol. 427, issue 6976, 674-676

Abstract: If you go back far enough, humans, frogs, bacteria and slime moulds share a common ancestor. But scientists can't agree what it was like, or even whether it was a single creature. John Whitfield reviews the evidence.

Date: 2004
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