Article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-new-study-points-to-two-origins-of-life-on-earth-by-tracing-early-chemical-reactions-in-single-celled-organisms-180989260/
Smithsonian MagazineA New Study Points to Two Origins of Life on Earth by Tracing Early Chemical Reactions in Single-Celled OrganismsThe work challenges the assumption that all life descended from one free-living cell. Instead, it suggests that two microbial lineages, the bacteria and archaea, evolved independen…August 10, 2026 87