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		dandare on March 8, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Collective Memory Discovered in Bacteria Absolute age of life on Earth does not mean anything, it was just prokaryota 2/3 of the time. Compare it to age of Galapagos and Darwin's finches.

nitrogen on March 8, 2016 [–]

1/3 of a really big number is still a really big number. Endosymbiosis conveys a significant advantage.

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