Cells divide and make new cells, is all life on Earth rooted in one super ancestor cell? Or are there parallel paths to cell creation?
Cells divide and make new cells, is all life on Earth rooted in one super ancestor cell? Or are there parallel paths to cell creation?
That’s an open question, so nobody knows the right answer. We weren’t there to witness it happen, and any evidence we do have is very indirect at best.
This leads to many possibilities, and it’s difficult to figure out how likely they are.