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Mining the origins of life.(Brief article)
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Oceanus
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April 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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From the nebulous roots and trunk on the tree of life, the three known fundamental domains of life branched out billions of years ago: bacteria, eukaryotes, and archaea. Exactly when that monumental evolutionary divergence occurred has remained unknown, but a team of scientists has now pinpointed that the three domains were well separated and evolving independently by 2.7 billion years ago. Gregory Ventura (at right, in red suit), now a postdoctoral student at WHOI, analyzed ancient shales found in a deep gold mine in ...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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374 words
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The American Poetry Review;
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380 words
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385 words
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601 words
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413 words
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Bower, B.;
583 words
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