This Was the Most Important Moment in the History of Life

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If you want to read more (MUCH more) about this, check out “The Vital Question” by Nick Lane: http://amzn.to/1SntUdG

And I really enjoyed this recent episode of Radiolab about this same story: http://www.radiolab.org/story/cellmates/


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