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Scientists uncover evidence that all life on Earth traces back to a single ancestor, dating back 4.2 billion years, far ...

A research team led by Prof. Zhu Min—a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and affiliated with the CAS Institute ...

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