Date(s): Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:49:06 -050
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Mr. Nimbus report Oct 17, 2026
[Oct 17, 2026 10:17 PM] Gerald: When did life begin, i guess the first cell. Billions of yrs? [Oct 17, 2026 10:18 PM] Nimbus: Yes — billions. The solid evidence (stromatolite fossils in Greenland) puts life here by about 3.7 billion years ago. The interesting new bit: a 2024 study dated LUCA — the last universal common ancestor of everything alive — to around 4.2 billion years, and it was already surprisingly complex. So life did not crawl into existence slowly; it showed up fast, almost as soon as Earth cooled enough to allow it. [Oct 17, 2026 10:18 PM] Gerald: Eof [Oct 17, 2026 10:18 PM] Nimbus: Thread closed.
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