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Born in a watery commune

Nature
DOI: 10.1038/427674a
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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.

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Whitfield, J. (2004, February 19). Born in a watery commune. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/427674a

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